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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:27, 29 October 2010: 1,025 × 1,305 (1.28 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of Snowdonia National Park, UK with the following information shown: *National Park boundary *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projecti
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Before the boundaries of the national park were designated, "Snowdonia" was generally used to refer to a smaller upland area of northern Gwynedd centred on the Snowdon massif. The national park covers an area more than twice that size, extending south into the Meirionnydd area. This difference is apparent in books published before 1951.
The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" image1 = Snowdonia National Park UK relief location map.png An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 53.35 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 52.5 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal ...
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro) is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales. It was established as a National Park in 1952. It is one of the three National parks of Wales, the others being the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) and Snowdonia (Eryri). It is the only national park ...
Wales is home to three national parks. Snowdonia National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) – was established in 1951 as the third national park in the UK, following the Peak District and the Lake District. It covers 827 square miles (2,140 km 2), and has 37 miles (60 km) of coastline. [2]
The land owned by Natural Resources Wales in Snowdonia National Park amounts to just over 12%, and of the four forest areas, the Gwydir Forest is probably the most popular based on visitor numbers. In 1937, Gwydir was designated a National Forest Park, and since 1993 the heartland of the forest has been accorded the special status of Forest Park.
It lies in the Snowdonia National Park at the upper end of Cwm Cowlyd on the south-eastern edge of the Carneddau range of mountains, at a height of 330 metres (1,083 ft) above sea level. The lake is long and narrow, measuring nearly 3 kilometres (2 mi) long and about 500 m (third of a mile) wide, and covers an area of 1.1 square kilometres (271 ...