Llyn y Fan Fawr
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Llyn y Fan Fawr is a glacial lake in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, known for its scenic mountain setting beneath the Black Mountain range.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Llyn y Fan Fawr canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacial lake ⓘ |
| access | footpaths from Tafarn-y-Garreg area ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Fan Brycheiniog ridge path ⓘ |
| category |
Brecon Beacons geography
ⓘ
Glacial lakes of Wales ⓘ Lakes of Carmarthenshire ⓘ |
| climate | upland oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | River Tawe basin ⓘ |
| ecosystem | upland freshwater ecosystem ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 605 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| geologicalType | corrie lake ⓘ |
| hazard |
boggy ground around shore
ⓘ
rapidly changing weather ⓘ |
| knownFor |
remote upland location
ⓘ
scenic mountain setting ⓘ views of Fan Brycheiniog escarpment ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Welsh ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1 kilometre ⓘ |
| locatedAtBaseOf | Fan Brycheiniog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Black Mountain (Carmarthenshire) area NERFINISHED ⓘ Brecon Beacons National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Carmarthenshire NERFINISHED ⓘ South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fan Hir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Llyn y Fan Fach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "lake of the big peak" in Welsh ⓘ |
| nearestMajorTown | Swansea (regionally) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | glacial erosion ⓘ |
| outflow | Afon Tawe headwaters ⓘ |
| partOf |
Black Mountain lake system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carmarthen Fans area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedAreaStatus | within national park ⓘ |
| region | Brecon Beacons western area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | elongated ⓘ |
| surroundedBy |
peat moorland
ⓘ
sandstone escarpments ⓘ |
| tourism | popular with walkers and hillwalkers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
ⓘ
hiking destination ⓘ wild walking ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Black Mountain (Brecon Beacons)