Moel Tryfan

This article is about the mountain. For the locomotive, see Moel Tryfan (locomotive).

Moel Tryfan
Moel Tryfan is located in Gwynedd
Moel Tryfan
Moel Tryfan
Gwynedd, Wales
Highest point
Elevation429 m (1,407 ft)[1]
Prominence103 m (338 ft)[1]
Parent peakMynydd Mawr Edit this on Wikidata
ListingHuMP
Coordinates53°04′56″N 4°13′06″W / 53.08222°N 4.21832°W / 53.08222; -4.21832[2]
Geography
LocationGwynedd, Wales
Parent rangeSnowdonia
OS gridSH515562

Moel Tryfan (429 m / 1407 ft) is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, Y Fron and Betws Garmon, in northern Gwynedd. The higher and more famous peak of Tryfan above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.

Moel Tryfan could be regarded as the westerly outlier of the larger Mynydd Mawr. The southern and eastern flanks of the mountain were heavily quarried in the past, particularly at Moel Tryfran Quarry and Cilgwyn quarry.

References

  1. ^ a b "Moel Tryfan". hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Moel Tryfan". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 13 June 2023.


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