South Wales
Carmarthenshire
Llanddeusant

Black Mountain

The Black Mountain is a mountain range in South, Mid and West Wales, straddling the county boundary between and and forming the westernmost range of the .
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  • Type: Heath
  • Description: mountain range at the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “The Black Mountain” and “Y Mynydd Du / Black Mountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Garreg Las and Llyn y Fan Fach.

Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a subsidiary summit of in the in , southern . Its summit sits towards the northern end of a broad north-south ridge, Esgair Hir, at 635 metres above sea level.

Reservoir
Photo: SNappa2006, CC BY 2.0.
is a lake of approximately 10 hectares on the northern margin of the in , South and lying within the . is situated 2 miles east of Black Mountain.

Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hill in the in the county of , southwest . It lies within the and Fforest Fawr Geopark. is situated 2 miles southwest of Black Mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gwynfe and Cwmllynfell.

Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Capel is a small village inside the portion of that is in , a county of southwestern . is situated 3 miles west of Black Mountain.

Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, community and electoral ward in county borough, Wales. is situated 5 miles south of Black Mountain.

Town
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the south side of the , part of the . The village is split into Upper and by the River Amman, which is also the boundary between the counties of and . is situated 5 miles southwest of Black Mountain.

Black Mountain

Latitude
51.87272° or 51° 52′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.78987° or 3° 47′ 24″ west
Operator
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
Open location code
9C3RV6F6+33
Open­Street­Map ID
way 305472804
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­heath
Wiki­data ID
Q3396979
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Black Mountain” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Ar Menez Du”
  • Breton: “Mynydd Du”
  • Cebuano: “Black Mountain”
  • Czech: “Black Mountain”
  • Dutch: “Black Mountain”
  • Japanese: “ブラックマウンテン (ウェールズ)”
  • Ladin: “Black Mountain (range)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Mountain i Wales”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Y Mynydd Du”
  • Polish: “Black Mountain (pasmo górskie)”
  • Polish: “Black Mountain”
  • Slovak: “Black Mountain”
  • Swedish: “Black Mountain”
  • Venetian: “Black Mountain”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Du”
  • Welsh: “Y Mynydd Du”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carreg Yr Ogof and Cefn y Cylchau.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Black Mountain”. Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.