Cnicht
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| Cnicht | |
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 Cnicht from the south-west |
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| Elevation | 689 m (2,260 ft) |
| Location | Gwynedd,  Wales |
| Range | Snowdonia |
| Prominence | c. 104 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 115 |
| OS grid reference | SH645466 |
| Listing | Hewitt, Nuttall |
| Translation | knight (Old English) |
| Pronunciation | [knɪxt] |
Cnicht is a hill in Snowdonia, known as the "Matterhorn of Wales" because of its appearance when viewed from the south-west. In reality Cnicht is a long ridge and, at 689 m, not particularly high.
The hill gets its name from the supposed similarity with a knight's helmet.
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