Bwlch Glâs
Bwlch Glâs is a mountain saddle in Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales and has an elevation of 3,274 feet. Bwlch Glâs is situated nearby to the locality Cwm Clogwyn, as well as near Cwm Hetiau.Places of Interest
Highlights include Snowdon and Crib Goch.
Snowdon
Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in the Snowdonia region of North Wales. It has an elevation of approx. 1,085 metres above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
Crib Goch
Peak
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crib Goch is a knife-edged arête in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The name means "red ridge" in Welsh. The highest point on the arête is 923 metres above sea level.
Garnedd Ugain
Peak
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garnedd Ugain, the summit of Crib-y-Ddysgl ridge, is a pyramidal mountain in Wales that forms part of the Snowdon Massif. It is the second-highest peak in Wales and lies just under one kilometre north of the summit of Snowdon itself.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Llanberis.
Rhyd Ddu
Photo: RICHARD OUTRAM, CC BY 2.0.
Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of Beddgelert, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.
Llanberis
Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
Bwlch Glâs
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 3,274 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.0727° or 53° 4′ 22″ northLongitude
-4.0796° or 4° 4′ 47″ westElevation
3,274 feet (998 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3WFC+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 1535113731OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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“Bwlch Glâs” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Bwlch Glâs”
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