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Ynys Llanddwyn, the Glossary

Ynys Llanddwyn (also known as Llanddwyn Island) is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn), northwest Wales.^[1]

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Islands of Anglesey
Rhosyr
Tidal islands of Wales

Aeolian processes

Aeolian processes, also spelled eolian, pertain to wind activity in the study of geology and weather and specifically to the wind's ability to shape the surface of the Earth (or other planets).

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Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales.

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Anglesey Coastal Path

The Anglesey Coastal Path (formally the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path, Llwybr Arfordirol Ynys Môn) is a long-distance footpath around the island of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) in North Wales.

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Blue Flag beach

The Blue Flag is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that a beach, marina, or sustainable boating tourism operator meets its standards.

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Bryn Terfel

Sir Bryn Terfel Jones, (born 9 November 1965; known professionally as Bryn Terfel), is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer.

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Clash of the Titans (2010 film)

Clash of the Titans is a 2010 action fantasy film and remake of the 1981 film of the same name produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (the rights to which had been acquired by Warner Bros. in 1996 through its purchase of Turner).

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Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is a specific-technology or application of computer graphics for creating or improving images in art, printed media, simulators, videos and video games.

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Cruciform

Cruciform is a term for physical manifestations resembling a common cross or Christian cross.

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Demi Moore

Demi Gene Moore (née Guynes; born November 11, 1962) is an American actress.

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Dune

A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand.

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Dwynwen

Saint Dwynwen, sometimes known as Dwyn or Donwen, is the Welsh patron saint of lovers.

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Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales.

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Half Light (film)

Half Light is a 2006 romantic thriller film written and directed by Craig Rosenberg.

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I (newspaper)

The i is a British national newspaper published in London by Daily Mail and General Trust and distributed across the United Kingdom.

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International Union of Geological Sciences

The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of geology.

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Jasper

Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue.

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Lifeboat (rescue)

A rescue lifeboat is a boat rescue craft which is used to attend a vessel in distress, or its survivors, to rescue crew and passengers.

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Llŷn Peninsula

The Llŷn Peninsula (Penrhyn Llŷn or italic) extends into the Irish Sea from North West Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey.

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Mélange

In geology, a mélange is a large-scale breccia, a mappable body of rock characterized by a lack of continuous bedding and the inclusion of fragments of rock of all sizes, contained in a fine-grained deformed matrix.

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Menai Strait

The Menai Strait is a strait which separates the island of Anglesey from Gwynedd, on the mainland of Wales.

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National nature reserve

Nature reserves deemed to be of national importance, or controlled by a national-level body may be known as national nature reserves.

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Newborough Warren

Newborough Warren (Tywyn Niwbwrch) near the village of Newborough (Niwbwrch) in Anglesey, Wales, is a large dune and beach system of, approximately half of which is a conifer plantation. Ynys Llanddwyn and Newborough Warren are Rhosyr.

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Newborough, Anglesey

Newborough (Niwbwrch) is a village in the southern corner of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. Ynys Llanddwyn and Newborough, Anglesey are Rhosyr.

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Pillow lava

Pillow lavas are lavas that contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava underwater, or subaqueous extrusion.

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Rhoscolyn

Rhoscolyn is a village and community located on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales.

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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW; Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru), established in 1908, is a Welsh Government sponsored body concerned with some aspects of the archaeological, architectural and historic environment of Wales.

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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.

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Saint Valentine

Saint Valentine (San Valentino; Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6.

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Snowdonia

Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales.

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Tŵr Mawr Lighthouse

Tŵr Mawr lighthouse (meaning "great tower" in Welsh), on Ynys Llanddwyn on Anglesey, Wales, marks the western entrance to the Menai Strait.

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The 1900 Island

The 1900 Island is a Welsh television series produced by Wildflame Productions, made for BBC Wales and first broadcast on BBC One Wales, with a subsequent UK wide broadcast on BBC Two from 10 June 2019.

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Tidal island

A tidal island is a raised area of land within a waterbody, which is connected to the larger mainland by a natural isthmus or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide, causing the land to switch between being a promontory/peninsula and an island depending on tidal conditions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynys_Llanddwyn

Also known as Llanddwyn, Llanddwyn Island, St Dwynwen's Church, St Dwynwen's Church, Llanddwyn.

Ynys Llanddwyn, the Glossary

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See also

Islands of Anglesey

Rhosyr

Tidal islands of Wales

References