Clipyn Du is a mountain in northern

Powys Powys (; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh succession of states, successor state, petty kingdom and princi ...

in Wales. Also known as ''Tarren Bwlch-Gwyn'' or ''Siambwr Trawsfynydd'', it is one of the higher summits of the area and is located a few miles north of

Plynlimon Pumlumon (historically anglicised in various ways including ''Plynlimon,'' Plinlimon and Plinlimmon) is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales (taking a restricted definition of the Cambrian Mountains, excluding Snowdonia, ...

(Pumlumon). It has an elevation of and a

topographic prominence In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

of , so is classed as a HuMP, having over 100 metres of prominence. Tarren Bwlch-Gwyn is the name of a steep-sided escarpment nearby. Nearby is a lake, ''Glaslyn''.

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External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of clipyn du and surrounding area
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