Great Orme

Great Orme
Pen y Gogarth
Great Orme and Llandudno
Highest point
Elevation207 m (679 ft)
Prominence201 m (659 ft)
Parent peakMwdwl-eithin
ListingMarilyn
Coordinates53°20′0″N 3°51′20″W / 53.33333°N 3.85556°W / 53.33333; -3.85556
Geography
Great Orme is located in Wales
Great Orme
Great Orme
Location in Wales
LocationConwy county borough, Wales
OS gridSH767833
Topo mapOS Landranger 115

The Great Orme (Welsh: Y Gogarth) is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, north-west of the town of Llandudno. Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd by the 12th-century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr,[1] its English name derives from the Old Norse word for sea serpent.[2] The Little Orme, a smaller but very similar limestone headland, is on the eastern side of Llandudno Bay. The headland is a tourist attraction, with a Victorian tramway, a cableway, walking routes and a mining museum.

  1. ^ J. E. Caerwyn Williams (ed.), Gwaith Meilyr Brydydd a'i ddisgynyddion (University of Wales Press, 1994). 9.153n.
  2. ^ "Great Orme copper mines". BBC Cymru Wales history website. BBC Cymru Wales. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2013.