Tal y Fan explained

Tal y Fan
Elevation:610m (2,000feet)
Prominence M:190
Parent Peak:Carnedd Llewelyn
Listing:Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Location:Conwy, Wales
Range:Snowdonia
Grid Ref Uk:SH729726
Topo:OS Explorer OL17

Tal y Fan is an outlying peak of the Carneddau mountains in North Wales. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau, the others being Carnedd Llywelyn, Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Creigiau Gleision.

It is 610m (2,000feet) high, and lies midway between the Conwy valley to the east and Penmaenmawr on the coast to the north-west. It is the most northerly 2000 ft summit in Wales.

On 6 May 2013 BBC News reported that a precise GPS measurement of Tal y Fan's height had been verified by the Ordnance Survey as 609.98 metres or 2,001 feet, confirming its status as a mountain.Bwlch y Ddeufaen separates Tal y Fan from the main Carneddau ridge, the closest summit on which is Carnedd y Ddelw. Pen y Castell is directly opposite to the south.[1] [2] [3]

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53.2352°N -3.9058°W

Notes and References

  1. Marsh, Terry. The Summits of Snowdonia (London: Robert Hale, 1984)
  2. Marsh, Terry. The Mountains of Wales (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985)
  3. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .