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There are no islands of any great size in lakes in Wales. The crannog in Llangorse Lake is an artificial island. Several reservoirs contain islets e.g. Llyn Brenig, Elan Valley Reservoirs and Llyn Trawsfynydd, the last named having the largest and most numerous, though some are linked by causeways.
Saint Tudwal's Island West Saint Tudwal's Island East with West island in the background. Saint Tudwal's Islands (Welsh: Ynysoedd Tudwal) are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, at the western end of Tremadog Bay. They were referred to as the Studwells in the early 19th century.
Islands of Wales by principal area (9 C) Tidal islands of Wales (13 P) Uninhabited islands of Wales (14 P) A. Anglesey (14 C, 16 P) R. River islands of Wales (1 P)
The Skerries (Welsh: Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid) (grid reference), coming from the Old Norse word sker, are a group of sparsely vegetated rocky islets , with a total area of about 17 hectares (42 acres) lying 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) offshore from Carmel Head at the northwest corner of Anglesey, Wales. The islands are important as a breeding site for ...
Grassholm (Welsh: Gwales or Ynys Gwales) or Grassholm Island [2] is a small uninhabited island situated 13 kilometres (8 mi) off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, lying west of Skomer, in the community of Marloes and St Brides. [3] It is the westernmost point in Wales other than the isolated rocks on which the Smalls Lighthouse stands
The total area of the islands is 314,965 km 2 (121,609 sq mi). [1] Great Britain accounts for the larger part of this area at 66%, [ 2 ] with Ireland accounting for 26%, [ 3 ] leaving the remaining 8%—an area of 23,996 km 2 (9,265 sq mi)—consisting of thousands of smaller islands.
Today, only one island sits in Cardigan Bay, but a historic map shows more “lost” islands. ... Cardigan Bay is off the western coast of Wales, about 195 miles northwest of London.
St Margaret's Island is a sensitive conservation site because of the birds that nest on its cliffs: cormorants (the largest population of this species in Wales, constituting 3% of the total British population), guillemots, razorbills, shags, kittiwakes, great black-backed gulls, lesser black-backed gulls and herring gulls.
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