Pen Allt-mawr
Appearance
Pen Allt-mawr | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) |
Prominence | 102 m (335 ft) |
Parent peak | Waun Fach |
Listing | Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP |
Coordinates | 51°54′42″N 3°09′16″W / 51.9118°N 3.1544°W |
Naming | |
English translation | top of the big slope |
Language of name | Welsh |
Geography | |
Location | Black Mountains, South Wales |
OS grid | SO206243 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 161 |
Name | Grid ref | Height | Status |
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Pen Twyn Glas | SN969193 | 646 metres (2,119 ft) | sub Hewitt, Nuttall |
Pen Allt-mawr is subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the third highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It lies near the end of the westernmost of Waun Fach's south ridges. It is a very recognisable and prominent peak of the Black Mountains.
It summit is stony and has a large shelter cairn. Its top Pen Twyn Glas is to the north, while its close neighbour Pen Cerrig-calch is to the south.[1]
References
- ^ Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.