See also:

• SNOWDON (Wyddfa, view-place, Eryri, eagle-place)

SNOWDON (Wyddfa, view-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, Eryri, See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle-place)  , the highest See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation in N . See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . It is formed chiefly of slates, grits and porphyries of the See also:

• CAMBRIAN

Cambrian and See also:

• SILURIAN

Silurian systems . It consists of five " ribs " converging at the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit, 3560 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Between these See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie such depressions as Cwm See also:

• GLAS, GEORGE (1725-1765)
• GLAS, JOHN (1695-1773)

Glas (See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue or See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green vale) to the N., and Cwm y Ilan (clearing, See also:

• TOWN

town or See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church vale) to the S . See also:

• SNOWDON (Wyddfa, view-place, Eryri, eagle-place)

Snowdon is demarcated from the surrounding hills by passes famous for their scenery, such as that of See also:

• LLANBERIS

Llanberis (q.v.) to the N.E. and Aberglaslyn to the S . These two passes are joined by Nant Gwynnant (stream, or valley, of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or happy valley, or stream), skirting the S.E. flanks of the Snowdon See also:

• MASSIF

massif . Nant Colwyn runs N.W. to See also:

• CARNARVON
• CARNARVON, EARLDOM OF

Carnarvon . A See also:

• RACK

rack-and-pinion railway (opened in 1897) ascends from Llanberis to the summit of the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain (44 m.) . Snowdonia, as the locality is sometimes called, contains several lakes, e.g . Peris and Padarn at Llanberis; Glaslyn and Llydaw between Cribgoch (red See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest) and Lliwedd; Cwellyn and others W. of the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill itself; and Gwynnant and Dinas (Y Ddinas) in Nantgwynnant .