Bwlch Main
Bwlch Main is a mountain saddle in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales. Bwlch Main is situated nearby to the locality Shadow Gully, as well as near Cwm Tregalan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snowdon and Llyn Llydaw.
Snowdon
Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales. It has an elevation of 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.
Llyn Llydaw
Lake
Photo: Fallschirmjäger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llyn Llydaw is a natural lake in Snowdonia National Park on the flanks of Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain. This long thin lake has formed in a cwm about one-third of the way up the mountain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Beddgelert.
Rhyd Ddu
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 between Beddgelert and Caernarfon, 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.
Beddgelert
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Beddgelert is a picturesque village in Gwynedd, renowned for the grave of Prince Llywelyn's dog Gelert.
Bwlch Main
- Type: Mountain saddle
- Category: landform
- Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.0636° or 53° 3′ 49″ northLongitude
-4.0815° or 4° 4′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C5Q3W79+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2772604864OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
“Bwlch Main” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Bwlch Main”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shadow Gully and Cwm Tregalan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clawdd Coch and Hafod Eryri Summit Visitor Centre.
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