Gower Peninsula
The beautiful Gower Peninsula in Swansea was the United Kingdom's first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The peninsula is famous for its stunning coastal scenery, wide sandy beaches and medieval castles.
- Protected area with 76,400 residents
- …is also known as “Gower”
- Description: peninsula in Wales
Places of Interest
Highlights include Weobley Castle and Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn.
Weobley Castle
Weobley Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house…
Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn
Archaeological site
Arthur’s Stone, Cefn Bryn is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penrice and Port Eynon.
Gower Peninsula
- Category: peninsula
- Location
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Latitude
51.5915° or 51° 35′ 29″ north
Longitude
-4.2163° or 4° 12′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C3QHQRM+HF
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Gower Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة غاور”
- Azerbaijani: “Qauer yarımadası”
- Basque: “Gower penintsula”
- Bengali: “গওয়ার উপদ্বীপ”
- Breton: “Ledenez Gŵyr”
- Breton: “Penrhyn Gŵyr”
- Catalan: “Gower”
- Catalan: “Gŵyr”
- Chinese: “高尔半岛”
- Chinese: “高爾半島”
- Czech: “Gower”
- Czech: “Gŵyr”
- Dutch: “Gower”
- Esperanto: “Gower (duoninsulo)”
- Esperanto: “Gower”
- French: “péninsule de Gower”
- French: “Péninsule de Gower”
- German: “Gower Peninsula”
- German: “Gower-Halbinsel”
- German: “Gwyr”
- German: “Gŵyr”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי גאוור”
- Italian: “Gower Peninsula”
- Italian: “Penisola di Gower”
- Japanese: “ガウアー半島”
- Kannada: “ಗೌವರ್”
- Lithuanian: “Goverio pusiasalis”
- Livvi: “Gŵyr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gowerhalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gower-halvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gowerhalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Gowerhalvøya”
- Polish: “Gower”
- Polish: “Półwysep Gower”
- Portuguese: “Península de Gower”
- Russian: “Гауэр”
- Slovak: “Gower”
- Slovak: “Gŵyr”
- Spanish: “Gower”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Gower”
- Spanish: “Península de Gower”
- Swedish: “Gower Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Gower”
- Swedish: “Gowerhalvön”
- Swedish: “Gwyr”
- Swedish: “Gŵyr”
- Turkish: “Gower Yarımadası”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Gower”
- Welsh: “Gwyr”
- Welsh: “Penhryn Gwyr”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Gwyr”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Gẃyr”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Gŵyr”
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