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Ffynnon Lloer

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Type
  
natural

Basin countries
  
United Kingdom

Area
  
2 ha

Primary outflows
  
Afon Lloer

Surface area
  
6 acres (2.43 ha)

Outflow location
  
Afon Lloer

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Ffynnon Lloer (Welsh : Source of [the] Moon) is a lake in the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales. It lies below the peaks of Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd at a height of 2,225 feet (678 m) and covers an area of some 6 acres (2.43 ha).

Map of Ffynnon Lloer, Bangor, UK

The remains of two wartime aircraft, which crashed in 1942 and 1943, lie on the slopes round the lake.

Afon Lloer, its outflow, flows into Llyn Ogwen.

References

Ffynnon Lloer Wikipedia