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Llyn Eigiau

266 m873 ft
Area
0.07 km²
Tonight
6°CCloudy · Wind 28 km/h W

Llyn Eigiau is a lake at 266 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom, 0.07 km² in area and 0.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
266 m
Length
0.4 km
Shoreline
1.1 km
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Lake

Llyn Eigiau in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.4 km longest100 mN ↑
Shoreline
1.1 km≈15 min to walk around
3D map

Llyn Eigiau 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Llyn Eigiau terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Llyn Eigiau elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Llyn Eigiau weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 28 km/h W

Llyn Eigiau forecast for about 266 m.

  • Tonight6°0.2 mm28 km/h W
  • Today6°13°20.6 mm63 km/h W
  • Sun7°9°1.3 mm60 km/h W
  • Mon8°14°13.8 mm47 km/h SW
  • Tue8°11°4.5 mm39 km/h SW
  • Wed9°12°0.2 mm25 km/h SW
  • Thu8°12°0.2 mm14 km/h S
  • Fri9°12°3.4 mm12 km/h SE
  • Sat6°10°5.2 mm17 km/h NW
  • Sun5°6°19.4 mm17 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Llyn Eigiau

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Llyn Eigiau, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Parking1.8 km NE
Parking1.9 km NE
Parking2.0 km E
Campsite3.2 km NNE
Caravan site3.5 km ESE
Caravan site3.6 km ESE
Caravan site4.4 km NNE
Campsite4.4 km SE
DulynHut5.0 km W
Cefn Cae Camping SiteCampsite5.5 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
79.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
17.2%
Steep, 30–45°
2.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
2.8% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
541 m low point 1 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 74.5%Trees 23.1%Wetland 0.9%Built-up 0.8%Water 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Llyn Eigiau sits

Range
Cambrian Mountains19Snowdonia15
Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Llyn Eigiau downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia