Llyn Llyffant
Llyn Llyffant is the highest lake in Wales, located at grid reference SH 687 645. Its name translates into English as "frog lake". It lies at an elevation of approximately 815m above sea level.Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnedd Llewelyn and Llyn Melynllyn.
Carnedd Llewelyn
Peak
Photo: Sowen, Copyrighted free use.
Carnedd Llewelyn, also spelled Carnedd Llywelyn, is a mountain massif in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, north-west Wales. It is the highest point of the Carneddau at 1,064 metres and the second-highest peak by relative height in Wales, 49th in the British Isles and lies on the border between Gwynedd and Conwy.
Llyn Melynllyn
Reservoir
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Melynllyn is a lake within the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales. It lies at a height of just over 2,000 feet, and has an area of some 18.5 acres.
Llyn Dulyn
Reservoir
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Dulyn is a lake on the edge of the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales. The lake is 33 acres in extent and 189 feet deep. Less than a kilometre to its south lies the smaller Llyn Melynllyn.
Llyn Llyffant
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Conwy County Borough, Wales, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Llanllechid, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1621° or 53° 9′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.9636° or 3° 57′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C5R526P+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 327117358OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q6662939
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Llyn Llyffant” goes by many names.
- French: “Llyn Llyffant”
- Irish: “Ffynnon Llyffant”
- Welsh: “Ffynnon Llyffant”
- Welsh: “Llyn Llyffant”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ffynnon Caseg and Foel Grach.
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