Llŷn
Llŷn is an area in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. It is, broadly speaking, the peninsula sticking out westwards beyond Snowdonia. Its beaches and headlands rival those of the better known Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in south-west Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in North Wales
- Also known as: “Lleyn Peninsula”, “Lleyn Promontory”, and “Llŷn Peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Pedrog’s Church and Plas Glyn-y-weddw.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mynytho and Rhydyclafdy.
Mynytho
Village
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Mynytho is a small village in the parish of Llanengan near the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in northwestern Wales. It consists of a few houses and some farmland.
Rhydyclafdy
Village
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Rhydyclafdy is a small village close to the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It lies 2.8 miles to the west of Pwllheli and 19.65 miles south west of Caernarfon.
Llŷn
- Category: landform
- Location: Llanbedrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Llŷn” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Llin yarımadası”
- Basque: “Llŷn penintsula”
- Breton: “Ledenez Llŷn”
- Breton: “Llŷn”
- Catalan: “Lleyn”
- Catalan: “Llyn”
- Catalan: “Llŷn”
- Catalan: “Península de Lleyn”
- Catalan: “Península de Llyn”
- Catalan: “Península de Llŷn”
- Cebuano: “Lleyn Peninsula”
- Chinese: “麗茵半島”
- Czech: “Lleyn”
- Czech: “Llŷn”
- Dutch: “Llŷn Peninsula”
- Finnish: “Llŷn”
- French: “Lleyn”
- French: “Llŷn”
- French: “Péninsule de Lleyn”
- German: “Lleyn-Halbinsel”
- German: “Lleyn”
- German: “Pen Llyn”
- German: “Pen Llŷn”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי ל’ין”
- Irish: “Penrhyn Llŷn”
- Italian: “Llŷn”
- Japanese: “シーン半島”
- Japanese: “リーン半島”
- Latin: “Langanum Promunturium”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llŷn-halvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llŷn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llŷnhalvøya”
- Polish: “Lleyn”
- Polish: “Llŷn”
- Polish: “Półwysep Lleyn”
- Portuguese: “Península de Lleyn”
- Portuguese: “Península de Llŷn”
- Russian: “Ллин”
- Slovak: “Lleyn”
- Slovak: “Llŷn”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Lleyn”
- Spanish: “Península de Lleyn”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Llŷn”
- Spanish: “Península de Llŷn”
- Swedish: “Lleyn Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Lleyn”
- Swedish: “Lleynhalvön”
- Swedish: “Llyn”
- Swedish: “Llŷn”
- Welsh: “Pen Llyn”
- Welsh: “Pen Llŷn”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Llyn”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn Llŷn”
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