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, Dewey, Sim sub Dewey Snowdon ((ウェールズ語:Yr Wyddfa), ) is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (') in Gwynedd, and has been described as "probably the busiest mountain in Britain".〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team )〕 It is designated as a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna. The rocks that form Snowdon were produced by volcanoes in the Ordovician period, and the massif has been extensively sculpted by glaciation, forming the pyramidal peak of Snowdon and the arêtes of Crib Goch and Y Lliwedd. The cliff faces on Snowdon, including Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, are significant for rock climbing, and the mountain was used by Edmund Hillary in training for the 1953 ascent of Mount Everest. The summit can be reached by a number of well-known paths, and by the Snowdon Mountain Railway, a rack and pinion railway opened in 1896 which carries passengers the from Llanberis to the summit station. The summit also houses a cafe called ', open only when the railway is operating and built in 2006 to replace one built in the 1930s. The railway generally operates to the summit station from Whitsun to October. The daily running schedule depends on weather and customer demand. The name ''Snowdon'' is from the Old English for "snow hill", while the Welsh name – ' – means "the tumulus", which may refer to the cairn thrown over the legendary giant Rhitta Gawr after his defeat by King Arthur. As well as other figures from Arthurian legend, the mountain is linked to a legendary ' (water monster) and the (fairies). ==Height== A 1682 survey estimated that the summit of Snowdon was at a height of ; in 1773, Thomas Pennant quoted a later estimate of above sea level at Caernarfon.〔 Recent surveys give the height of the summit as , making Snowdon the highest mountain in Wales, and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland.〔 Snowdon is one of three mountains climbed as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Snowdon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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