Tal y Fan is an outlying peak of the

Carneddau The (lit. 'the cairns'; is a Welsh plural form, and is sometimes anglicised to ''Carnedds'') are a group of mountains in Snowdonia, Wales. They include the largest contiguous areas of high ground (over or high) in Wales and England (although l ...

mountains in northern

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau, the others being

Carnedd Llywelyn 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 and the second highest peak by relative height in Wales, 49th ...

Pen Llithrig y Wrach Pen Llithrig y Wrach is a mountain peak in Snowdonia, Wales. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau range. To the east is Creigiau Gleision, another Marilyn, while to the west is Pen yr Helgi Du and Carnedd Llewelyn. Crai ...

and Creigiau Gleision. It is high, and lies midway between the

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to the east and

Penmaenmawr Penmaenmawr (, ) is a town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, which was formerly in the parish of Dwygyfylchi and the traditional county of Caernarfonshire. It is on the North Wales coast between Conwy and Llanfairfechan and was an i ...

on the coast to the north-west. It is the most northerly 2000 ft summit in

. On 6 May 2013 BBC News reported that a precise GPS measurement of Tal y Fan's height had been verified by the

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as 609.98 metres or 2,001 feet, confirming its status as a mountain.

Bwlch y Ddeufaen Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen (Welsh: ''Gap/Pass of the Two Stones'') is a mountain pass in Conwy county borough, north Wales, traversable only on foot or horseback, following the former Roman road from Caerhun (Canovium) to Caernarfon (Segontium). The rout ...

separates Tal y Fan from the main Carneddau ridge, the closest summit on which is

Carnedd y Ddelw Carnedd y Ddelw is a summit in the Carneddau mountains in Wales, north-east of Foel-fras. It is the Nuttall top of Drum (Wales). Its eastern slopes are drained by the Afon Tafolog, a tributary of Afon Roe that flows through the village of Rowen ...

. Pen y Castell is directly opposite to the south. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .

References

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Tal y Fan and surrounding area

A walk up Tal y Fan from Llanfairfechan
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