Europe / Brecon Beacons
Pen y Fan
United Kingdom · 886 m
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Dave.Dunford at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Pen y Fan from Cribyn. Preview cropped from the top.Source credit: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
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Geographic record · climbing details incomplete
About Pen y Fan
Pen y Fan is recorded in United Kingdom. The recorded summit elevation is 886 metres above sea level. The atlas assigns it to Brecon Beacons using source-linked geographic relationships. The recorded position is 51.8840° N, 3.4368° W.
Geographic source notes
Wikidata description: mountain (886m) in Powys. Imported context (CC0); retrieved 2026-10-05, not independently reviewed.
This overview is assembled from the geographic records cited below; it has not been independently field-verified.
Mountain facts
- Elevation
- 886 metres above sea level
- Country / territory
- United Kingdom
- Mountain range
- Brecon Beacons
- Range assignment
- Source-linked Wikidata statement · 2026-10-05
- Summit coordinates
- 51.884031, -3.436765 · View summit on OpenStreetMap
Routes
Route research is open for this mountain. No checked route entries are published yet; this does not mean that no route exists.
Planning at a glance
Access and starting point
Not yet established from checked sources for this mountain.
Difficulty and required experience
Not yet established from checked sources for this mountain.
Season and restrictions
Not yet established from checked sources for this mountain.
Sources for current information
No mountain-specific conditions source has yet been checked for this record.
This page stores reference sources, not live conditions. Check the provider’s publication date and route coverage before use.
Research still needed
For Pen y Fan, this atlas does not yet document route descriptions; first-ascent history; checked access details; checked difficulty; checked seasonal restrictions. Missing first-ascent evidence does not mean a mountain is unclimbed.
Use the linked sources as starting points; summit coordinates do not describe a climbing route or public access.
Sources and coverage
Imported geographic data from Wikidata (CC0); not independently field-verified. Data snapshot: 30 September 2026. Elevations and boundaries can differ between sources. Mountain-range membership follows explicit Wikidata relationships or a coordinate match against published GMBA v2 standard polygons. GMBA: Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (2021), CC BY 4.0; methodology: Snethlage et al. (2022). Missing evidence remains open.
Explore the surrounding regions
Brecon Beacons · Cambrian Mountains · Mountains in United Kingdom
Editorial responsibility
Responsible publisher and editorial author: Climbing Chronicle Redaktion. AI-assisted source research; no on-site inspection or professional route approval is claimed.
- Planning source check
- Open · no individual planning-source check recorded
- Earlier profile review
- Open · no complete editorial review recorded
- Imported context retrieved
- 2026-10-05 · automated retrieval, not an editorial review
How sources, authorship and review dates work
Further reading about Pen y Fan
Links discovered through the Wikidata record. These articles have not been checked as evidence for route, difficulty or access claims.
Mountains nearby
Recorded mountains, ordered by straight-line distance. This does not describe a route or accessible connection.
1–17 of 17 recorded mountains within 25 km
- Cribyn · 1.2 km
- Fan Fawr · 4.8 km
- Waun Rydd · 5.1 km
- Craig Cerrig-gleisiad · 5.1 km
- Fan Frynych · 5.6 km
- Fan Llia · 8.0 km
- Fan Nedd · 10.4 km
- Cefn yr Ystrad · 10.8 km
- Fan Gyhirych · 13.4 km
- Fan Hir · 18.1 km
- Pen Allt-mawr · 19.7 km
- Picws Du · 20.0 km
- Pen Cerrig-calch · 20.7 km
- Waun Fach · 22.0 km
- Pen y Gadair Fawr · 22.9 km
- Garreg Las · 23.5 km
- Gilwern Hill, Monmouthshire · 24.8 km
