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Wales and Welsh Border

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Snowdon (1085 m/3560 ft)
Countries	United Kingdom
States/Provinces	Wales (71%), England (29%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	29,042 sq km / 11,213 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	229 km / 142 mi North-South 215 km / 133 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	52° 25' N; 3° 44' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Wales and Welsh Border
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Wales and Welsh Border.

Great Britain	Level 3 (Parent)
Scotland Islands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Northwest Highlands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Grampian Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	Level 4 (Sibling)
Wales and Welsh Border	Level 4
North Wales	Level 5 (Child)
Mid-Wales	Level 5 (Child)
South Wales	Level 5 (Child)
Welsh Border	Level 5 (Child)
England Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Wales and Welsh Border

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Snowdon	1085	3560	North Wales
2.	Crib y Ddysgl	1065	3494	North Wales
3.	Carnedd Llewelyn	1064	3491	North Wales
4.	Carnedd Dafydd	1044	3425	North Wales
5.	Glyder Fawr	1001	3284	North Wales
6.	Glyder Fach	994	3261	North Wales
7.	Pen yr Ole Wen	978	3209	North Wales
8.	Foel Grach	976	3202	North Wales
9.	Castell y Gwynt	972	3189	North Wales
10.	Yr Elen	962	3156	North Wales
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Snowdon	1085	3560	North Wales
2.	Pen y Fan	886	2907	South Wales
3.	Plynlimon	752	2467	Mid-Wales
4.	Great Rhos	660	2165	Welsh Border

Photos of Peaks in the Wales and Welsh Border

Snowdon Snowdon is the high triangular peak in this view from the Pen-Y-Pass approach (1993-06-27).	Crib Goch Climb up the pinnicles on a blustery day (2012-09-06). Photo by Mark Hyland. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tryfan Tryfan Summit (2016-06-25). Photo by James Woolley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cadair Idris-Penygadair Cadair Idris - (2017-08-10). Photo by Tracy Saxon . Click here for larger-size photo.
Pen y Fan The marker on top of Pen y Fan at dusk on a hazy day in early September 2014 (2014-09-04). Photo by Marcus Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.	Picws Du Picws Du (Carmarthenshire, Wales) (2014-08-06). Photo by Filippo Ceragioli. Click here for larger-size photo.
Yr Aran Great view of Yr Aran seen while descending the South Ridge from the summit of Snowdon. Photo by Kris Dawson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Fan Fawr Fan Fawr Summit (2016-12-28). Photo by James Woolley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Rhos Dirion Panorama view on ascent of Twmpa towards Rhos Dirion (2017-11-01). Photo by Dan Kenyon. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cnicht Cnicht nicknamed 'The Matterhorn of Wales' viewed from the small isolated village of Croesor (2019-03-25). Photo by Kris Dawson. Click here for larger-size photo.

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