Fan y Big
Fan y Big is a subsidiary summit of Waun Rydd in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. It is 716.7 m high and is often hiked as part of the Horseshoe Walk, a traverse of the four main peaks in the Brecon Beacons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,352 feet
- Description: hill (716.7m) in Powys
- Also known as: “Fan y Bîg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brecon Beacons National Park and Cribyn.
Brecon Beacons National Park
Photo: Heinz-Josef Lücking, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Brecon Beacons National Park is a national park in southern Wales. Within an area of 1347 km², the park contains some of the most spectacular and distinctive upland formations in southern Britain.
Cribyn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cribyn is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons with an elevation of 2608 feet, about 300 feet lower than the neighbouring peaks of Pen y Fan and Corn Du. It is a prominent peak in the long and impressive escarpment facing north and running roughly east–west of the central section of the Brecon Beacons.
Bwlch y Ddwyallt
Peak
Photo: James Boulter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bwlch y Ddwyallt is the name commonly applied to the high point of the plateau of Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion in the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons in south Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanfrynach and Libanus.
Llanfrynach
Village
Photo: Helene, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanfrynach is a village and community in the county of Powys, Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. The population of the community as taken at the 2011 census was 571.
Libanus
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Libanus is a village in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, and in the community of Glyn Tarell. Presumably, the name of the village derives from Mount Lebanon, also known as the Lebanon Mountains, the ancient name for which was Libanus, a common name for chapels in Wales.
Aber
Hamlet
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aber, also known as Aber Village or the Welsh name Aberclydach, is a hamlet within the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is centred on the confluence between the Clydach brook meets the Caerfanell river, and on a minor road which runs south from Talybont-on-Usk.
Fan y Big
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llanfrynach, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.87583° or 51° 52′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.40106° or 3° 24′ 4″ westElevation
2,352 feet (717 metres)Open location code
9C3RVHGX+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 32319100OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Fan y Big” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fan y Big”
- Welsh: “Fan y Big”
- Welsh: “Fan y Bîg”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Craig Cwm Cynwyn and Gwaun Perfedd.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Craig Cwm-Oergwm and Bwlch ar y Fan.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fan y Big”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.