Great Orme

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Great Orme from the north, 2014

The Great Orme (Welsh: Y Gogarth ) is a 207  m ASL high mountain in Wales .

The hill lies directly on the Irish Sea . It's a popular lookout point and can be reached on the Great Orme Tramway . A narrow-gauge cable tram runs from the south to near the summit . Near the summit, in a cable car are switched, the right to the pier Llandudno travels pier.

To the north there is a beacon for seafaring. The terrain there drops steeply over cliffs towards the sea.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 51 ′  W