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North Wales

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Snowdon (1085 m/3560 ft)
Countries	United Kingdom
States/Provinces	Wales (75%), England (24%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	8,953 sq km / 3,457 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	167 km / 104 mi North-South 198 km / 123 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	52° 59' N; 3° 37' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of North Wales
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Wales and Welsh Border	Level 4 (Parent)
North Wales	Level 5
Mid-Wales	Level 5 (Sibling)
South Wales	Level 5 (Sibling)
Welsh Border	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the North Wales

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range6
1.	Snowdon	1085	3560
2.	Crib y Ddysgl	1065	3494
3.	Carnedd Llewelyn	1064	3491
4.	Carnedd Dafydd	1044	3425
5.	Glyder Fawr	1001	3284
6.	Glyder Fach	994	3261
7.	Pen yr Ole Wen	978	3209
8.	Foel Grach	976	3202
9.	Castell y Gwynt	972	3189
10.	Yr Elen	962	3156
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the North Wales

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). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info
Moel Siabod This was the moment My first Welsh mountain in over 30 years. Got my mojo back. A training walk for Nevis 2 months later and the start of a beautiful relationship with Wales and Nuttalls. Look at those boots. OMG (2019-05-06). Photo by ric Keeling. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pen yr Helgi Du Pen Yr Helgi Du as seen from top of Pen Llithrig Y Wrach (2022-03-20). Photo by A RI. Click here for larger-size photo.
Pen Llithrig y Wrach Pen LLithrig Y Wrach from SE approach (2022-03-20). Photo by A RI. Click here for larger-size photo.	Moel Hebog Moel Hebog from Beddgelert Railway station (Welsh Highland Railway) (2020-03-21). Photo by Paul Lindsay. Click here for larger-size photo.
Godor The end of a killer 13 Nuttall day, and forced to drink bog water. (2021-09-16). Photo by ric Keeling. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cyrn-y-Brain Photo of summit cairn on Cyrn y Brain close to radio transmitter. View is west towards Snowdonia in far distance (2020-05-16). Photo by Paul Lindsay. Click here for larger-size photo.

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