Llyn Eigiau
Llyn Eigiau is a lake on the edge of the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, Conwy, Wales. The name Eigiau is thought to refer to the shoals of fish which once lived here.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llyn Melynllyn and Llyn Dulyn.
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.
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. Carnedd Llewelyn is situated 2½ miles west of Llyn Eigiau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanbedr-y-Cennin and Tal-y-bont.
Llanbedr-y-Cennin
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbedr-y-Cennin is a small village in Conwy county borough, Wales, in the community of Caerhun. It lies in the foothills on the western side of the Conwy valley, in Wales. Llanbedr-y-Cennin is situated 3½ miles northeast of Llyn Eigiau.
Tal-y-bont
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tal-y-Bont is a small village in Conwy County Borough, Wales and lies in the Conwy Valley, west of the River Conwy, on the B5106 road, 6 mi from the town of Conwy to the north, and six miles from Llanrwst to the south, and in the community of Caerhun. Tal-y-bont is situated 3½ miles northeast of Llyn Eigiau.
Trefriw
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trefriw is a village near Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley in north Wales. Most of the village lies within the Snowdonia National Park, the boundary running down the main street of the village.
Llyn Eigiau
- Type: Body of water
- Description: reservoir in the United Kingdom
- Category: reservoir
- Location: Caerhun, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.16888° or 53° 10′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.91623° or 3° 54′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5R539M+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 71140683OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q390452
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Llyn Eigiau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة لين إيجياو”
- French: “Llyn Eigiau”
- German: “Eigiau und Coedty”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Llyn Eigiau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Eigiau”
- Norwegian: “Llyn Eigiau”
- Russian: “Койдти”
- Welsh: “Llyn Eigiau”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Site of the Eigiau Dam Breach 1925 and Melynllyn Quarry Barracks.
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