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Encyclopedia > Aran Fawddwy
Aran Fawddwy
Country Wales Wales
Area Snowdonia
Translation (unknown) Welsh
Elevation 905 m (2,969 ft)
Relative height 670 m
OS grid reference SH862223
OS Landranger map(s) 124
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt

Aran Fawddwy is a mountain is southern Snowdonia, north Wales. It is the highest British mountain south of Snowdon, but despite its height is comparatively unpopular, due to its remote location. The nearest towns or villages are Dinas Mawddwy to the south, Llanuwchllyn on the shores of Bala Lake to the north, and Rhydymain to the west. A lovely image of the Welsh flag, derived from an SVG file by Tobias Jakobs in the sodipodi flags collection. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... See also Snowdonia National Park The north ridge of Tryfan (seen on the left in this picture) makes an enjoyable scramble in Snowdonia. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The metre, symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units. ... Foot (unit of length) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... Peak bagging (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, or among enthusiasts, just bagging) is a popular activity for hillwalkers and mountaineers in which they attempt to reach the summit of each peak in a region above some height, or having a particular feature. ... A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height or other merit. ... A Hewitt is a hill in England, Wales or Ireland over two thousand feet (609. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... See also Snowdonia National Park The north ridge of Tryfan (seen on the left in this picture) makes an enjoyable scramble in Snowdonia. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... This article is about the mountain. ... Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid in Welsh) was the largest natural body of water in Wales prior to the level being raised to help support the flow of the Llangollen canal. ...


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