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Snowdon
Mountain in Snowdonia, Wales
Not to be confused with Snowdonia.
For other uses, see Snowdon (disambiguation).
| Snowdon | |
|---|---|
The Snowdon group viewed from the north-east | |
| Elevation | 1,084.74 m (3,558.9 ft) [1][a] |
| Prominence | 1,039 m (3,409 ft) Ranked joint 3rd in British Isles |
| Parent peak | Ben Nevis |
| Isolation | 368.7 km (229.1 mi) |
| Listing | Marilyn, Ribu, Furth, Hewitt, Nuttall, Welsh 3000s, council top, |
| Coordinates | 53°4′6.59″N4°4′34.43″W / 53.0684972°N 4.0762306°W / 53.0684972; -4.0762306[2] |
Snowdon Gwynedd, Wales Show map of GwyneddSnowdon Snowdon (Wales) Show map of WalesSnowdon Snowdon (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom | |
| Parent range | Snowdonia |
| OS grid | SH6098954379 |
| Topo map | OSLandranger 115, Explorer OL17 |
| Easiest route | Llanberis Path |
| Name | Grid ref | Height | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crib y Ddysgl | SH610551 | 1,
Lord Snowdon(1930-2017) Who Was Lord Snowdon?Lord Snowdon married Princess Margaret in 1960. During the 1960s, he worked as the picture editor of The Sunday Times magazine. The couple divorced in 1978; Snowdon remarried that same year, divorcing again in 2000. In 2001, his photography was featured in a career retrospective. In 2008, writer Anne de Courcy published his controversial biography. Early LifeLord Snowdon, born as Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones on March 7, 1930, in London, England, was the only son of his father, a Welsh barrister named Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones. His mother was a wealthy socialite named Anne Messel. Lord Snowdon's parents separated when he was still a toddler. His mother remarried to Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons, Sixth Earl of Rosse when Lord Snowdon was five years old. She subsequently became the Countess of Rosse. Lord Snowdon contracted polio at age 16. During his recuperation, his older sister Susan was the only family member to visit him; however, his mother gave him a camera to help him pass the time. Six months la
The history of Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) starts some 450 million years ago, during the Ordovician geological period. Rocks were laid down underwater, to be later accompanied by underwater volcanic action. Periods of earth movement saw this elevated to a great height, and account for why today we see both volcanic rock and sedimentary rock on the mountain; the latter includes the fossils which can still be found in bedrock at the summit today. In Victorian times guides used to collect or chip out fossils to sell to their customers. A brachiapod fossil found at the summit The mountain has been affected by millions of years of erosion, but it was the last Ice Age, which ended about 12,000 years ago, which is mostly responsible for the landscape we see today, i.e. the cwms, glacial lakes, ridges and valleys that give Snowdon its distinctive shape. The lower slopes of Snowdon have been home to settlers since Iron Age times. Cwm Brwynog, for instance, is the site of many old hut circles, house platforms and longhouses, as is the area immediately north of Cwm Dyli, where there are Copyright ©cafebee.pages.dev 2025 |