Snowdonia

Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in . It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, , which is 1,085 metres tall.
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  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: mountainous area in Wales
  • Also known as: “Eryri”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snowdon and Llyn Llydaw.

Peak
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, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in the region of . It has an elevation of approx. 1,085 metres above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in and the highest in the south of the .

Lake
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is a natural lake in on the flanks of , Wales' highest mountain. This long thin lake has formed in a cwm about one-third of the way up the mountain.

Peak
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is a knife-edged arête in the National Park in , Wales. The name means "red ridge" in Welsh. The highest point on the arête is 923 metres above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Llanberis.

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is a small village in , which is a starting point for walks up , , and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of , at its junction with the B4418 to and . is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and .

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is a village, community and electoral ward in , northwest , on the southern bank of the lake and at the foot of , the highest mountain in .

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is a picturesque village in , renowned for the grave of Prince Llywelyn's dog Gelert.

Snowdonia

Latitude
53.0712° or 53° 4′ 16″ north
Longitude
-4.0742° or 4° 4′ 27″ west
Open location code
9C5Q3WCG+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10089616358
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Wiki­data ID
Q867913
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Snowdonia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سنودونيا”
  • Armenian: “Էրիրի”
  • Balinese: “Eryri”
  • Balinese: “Snowdonia”
  • Basque: “Eryri”
  • Basque: “Snowdonia”
  • Bengali: “স্নোডোনিয়া”
  • Breton: “Eryri”
  • Breton: “Snowdonia”
  • Bulgarian: “Сноудония”
  • Catalan: “Eryri”
  • Catalan: “Snowdonia”
  • Cebuano: “Eryri”
  • Cebuano: “Snowdonia”
  • Chinese: “史諾多尼亞”
  • Cornish: “Eryri”
  • Cornish: “Park Kenedhlek Eryri”
  • Czech: “Eryri”
  • Czech: “Snowdonia”
  • Danish: “Eryri”
  • Dutch: “Eryri”
  • Dutch: “Snowdonia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سنودونيا”
  • Esperanto: “Eryri”
  • Esperanto: “Snowdonia”
  • Finnish: “Eryri”
  • Finnish: “Snowdonia”
  • French: “Eryri”
  • French: “Snowdonia”
  • Galician: “Eryri”
  • German: “Eryri”
  • German: “Snowdonia”
  • Hebrew: “Eryri”
  • Hebrew: “Snowdonia”
  • Hebrew: “סנודוניה”
  • Icelandic: “Eryri-þjóðgarðurinn”
  • Icelandic: “Snowdonia-þjóðgarðurinn”
  • Indonesian: “Eryri”
  • Irish: “Eryri”
  • Irish: “Snowdonia”
  • Italian: “Eryri”
  • Italian: “Snowdonia”
  • Japanese: “エレリ”
  • Japanese: “スノードニア”
  • Japanese: “スノードニア国立公園”
  • Japanese: “スノウドニア”
  • Japanese: “スノウドニア国立公園”
  • Korean: “스노도니아”
  • Ladin: “Snowdonia”
  • Latin: “Eryri”
  • Latin: “Montes Niviseri”
  • Latin: “Nivicollini”
  • Latin: “Snowdonia”
  • Latin: “Venetae Alpes”
  • Latvian: “Snoudonijas nacionālais parks”
  • Lithuanian: “Snoudonija”
  • Macedonian: “Сноудонија”
  • Northern Sami: “Eryri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eryri”
  • Norwegian: “Snowdonia”
  • Persian: “اسنودونیا”
  • Polish: “Eryri”
  • Polish: “Snowdonia”
  • Portuguese: “Eryri”
  • Portuguese: “Snowdonia”
  • Romanian: “Eryri”
  • Russian: “Сноудония”
  • Russian: “Эрири”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eryri”
  • Slovak: “Eryri”
  • Slovak: “Snowdonia”
  • Slovenian: “Eryri”
  • Slovenian: “Snowdonia”
  • Spanish: “Eryri”
  • Spanish: “Snowdonia”
  • Swedish: “Eryri”
  • Turkish: “Eryri”
  • Turkish: “Snowdonia”
  • Ukrainian: “Сноудонія”
  • Venetian: “Eryri”
  • Vietnamese: “Eryri”
  • Vietnamese: “Snowdonia”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Eryri”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Snowdonia”
  • Welsh: “Eiryri”
  • Welsh: “Eryri”
  • Western Panjabi: “سنوڈونیا”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Summit railway station and Hafod Eryri Summit Visitor Centre.

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