Ynys Gaint
Ynys Gaint is a small island in the Menai Strait connected to the town of Menai Bridge on Anglesey by a causeway and also a concrete bridge erected by Sir William Fison in the 1930s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ynys Castell and Menai Bridge.
Ynys Castell
Islet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ynys Castell is a small island in the Menai Strait which separates Anglesey and mainland Wales. It is an extruding piece of Precambrian schist lying to one side of the Afon Cadnant estuary.
Menai Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Monsyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was one of the world's first major suspension bridges, and second such bridge designed to carry vehicular traffic, after the Union Chain Bridge across the River Tweed.
Ynys y Bîg
Island
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Ynys y Bîg is a small private island in the Menai Strait attached to the island of Anglesey, in North Wales, by a wooden bridge. The bridge runs from the grounds of a private house, itself also called Ynys y Bîg, preventing any public access.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llandegfan and Bangor.
Llandegfan
Village
Photo: Nigel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandegfan is a village on the east of island of Anglesey in Wales. It is part of the community of Cwm Cadnant, and was its own community until 1984. Llandegfan's population is around 1,580.
Bangor
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
Bangor is a small coastal city in Gwynedd in North Wales. It is a picturesque city offering views over the Menai Straits, and serves as a convenient base for visiting the nearby Snowdonia National Park.
Hen Bentref Llandegfan
Village
Hen Bentref Llandegfan is a village in the community of Cwm Cadnant, Anglesey, Wales, which is 128.9 miles from Cardiff and 207.8 miles from London. It is near Llandegfan. "Hen Bentref" in Welsh means "the old village".
Ynys Gaint
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.22979° or 53° 13′ 47″ northLongitude
-4.15615° or 4° 9′ 22″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C5Q6RHV+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1213850230OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
13286230Wikidata ID
Q3397123
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Ynys Gaint” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Ynys Gaint”
- French: “Ynys Gaint”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Gaint”
- Welsh: “Ynys Gaint”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ynys Tobig and Y Tabernacle.
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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 “Ynys Gaint”. Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.