Y Garn (Rhinogydd) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

For other hills of the same name, see Y Garn (disambiguation).

Y Garn is a mountain in the southern Snowdonia

Snowdonia

Snowdonia is a region in north Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951.-Name and extent:...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, north of Dolgellau

Dolgellau

Dolgellau is a market town in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It was the county town of the former county of Merionethshire .-History and economy:...

. It is an outlier of the Rhinogydd

Rhinogydd

The Rhinogydd are a range of mountains located east of Harlech in North Wales....

range, rising above the Coed-y-Brenin

Coed-y-Brenin

Coed-y-Brenin is a forest in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales near Dolgellau at . It is well-known as a mountain bike resort and for its hiking trails...

forest

Forest

A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...

and the Rhaeadr Du waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

s. An abandoned gold mine lies on its eastern slopes.

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