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Natural landmarks · Mid Wales

Broad Water

In or near Tywyn.

Broad Water — lagoon near Tywyn, north Wales.

Broad Water

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Broad Water is a natural landmark in mid. (Lagoon in Gwynedd, Wales.) Wikipedia notes: "Broad Water, or Broadwater is a salt water lagoon near Tywyn, Wales formed from the silted up estuary of the River Dysynni. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the estuary was used by the shipbuilding industry, as small sailing ships were launched to carry peat from the local peat bogs.". Coordinates 52.6025°, -4.0961°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
52.6025, -4.0961

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