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Abermenai point is the southernmost part of the island of Anglesey in Wales. [The Isle of] Anglesey or Anglesea (Welsh: [Ynys] Môn, pronounced as U-niss Mawn, in IPA), is an island and county at the north western extremity of North Wales. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...


It is the northern point of the western entrance of the Menai Strait. The Menai Strait (in Welsh Afon Menai, the River Menai) is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 14 miles (23 km) long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. ...


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GENUKI: The National Gazetteer (1868) - Anglesey (1858 words)
From Abermenai Ferry, the southern extremity of the island, the general direction of the coast is north-east as far as the eastern extremity opposite Priestholme Island.
From St. Elian its course is westerly to Carnel's Point, whence it runs in an irregular and broken curve southward, and eastward to Abermenai Ferry.
At the north-west, opposite to Carnel's Point, is the rocky Isle of Seals, or the Skerries.
Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes - Special Area of Conservation - SAC (782 words)
This is the approximate central point of the SAC.
Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes is an extensive complex of sand dunes, dune slacks, marsh, shingle and cliffs in south-west Anglesey, north Wales.
Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes in north Wales is important as it represents shore dock Rumex rupestris at the far north-west of its geographical range.
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