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They include: [ 2] Barry Island (tidal island until the construction of Barry Docks in the 1880s) Berges Island, peninsula at Whitford Burrows, Gower. Dinas Island, peninsula on Pembrokeshire coast. Farchynys, locality beside Mawddach estuary, Bontddu, Gwynedd. Little Island, peninsula at the west end of the former Barry Island.
Anglesey ( / ˈæŋɡəlsiː /; Welsh: Ynys Môn [ˈənɨs ˈmoːn]) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island ( Ynys Gybi) and some islets and skerries. [ 4] The county borders Gwynedd across the Menai Strait to the southeast, and is otherwise ...
British Isles, the (geography) A geographical (not political or constitutional) term for England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (including the Republic of Ireland), together with all offshore islands. A more accurate (and politically acceptable) term today is the British-Irish Isles. ^ "Blackwellreference.com".
Holy Island is connected to Anglesey by two road links. The first, the Stanley Embankment, is made up of causeways carrying the A5 and A55. [19] The second is the much older original link, Four Mile Bridge. The Stanley Embankment also carries the North Wales Coast Line which terminates at the island's only railway station, in Holyhead.
52°46′N 4°47′W / . 52.76°N 4.79°W. / 52.76; -4.79. Bardsey Island ( Welsh: Ynys Enlli ), known as the legendary "Island of 20,000 Saints", is located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) off the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. [ 2] The Welsh name means "The Island in the Currents", while its English name refers to the "Island of ...
Temperate. References. [ 1][ 2] Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and whose physical geography is characterised by a varied coastline and a largely upland interior. It is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. It has a total area of 2,064,100 hectares ...
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