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Eryri (the Snowdon range) is the highest mountain range in Wales. At 1085 metres (3,560 ft), Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) is the second highest peak in Great Britain south of Scotland's Ben Nevis. The Welsh sought refuge in the mountain range in the face of invasions.

The name of the range in Welsh, Eryri is traditionally believed to derive from the Welsh word for eagle, eryr. However, Welsh scholar Sir Ifor Williams argued the name's origin derived from a Welsh word meaning "highlands".

In the Middle Ages the title Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon (Tywysog Aberffraw ac Arglwydd Eryri) was used by the hereditary princes of Gwynedd; for example Llywelyn Fawr.

• Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) from Llyn Llydaw

• The flanks of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) in winter

• Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) massif from Glyder Fawr

• Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) from Hendre Fawr farm Ynys Môn (Anglesey)

• View from the summit of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), looking east over Llyn Llydaw