2018

SH5269 : A yacht on the Menai Strait

taken 5 years ago, near to Llanedwen, Isle of Anglesey/Sir Ynys Mon, Wales

A yacht on the Menai Strait
A yacht on the Menai Strait
Taken from the grounds of Plas Newydd.
Showing the mountains of Snowdonia in the distance.
There is a tree stump with fungi around it at the lower left.

The following shared description is provided by N Chadwick.
Menai Straits

The Menai Strait (Welsh: Afon Menai, the "River Menai") is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 25 km long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.
The strait is bridged in two places – the main A5 road is carried over the strait by Thomas Telford's suspension bridge, the first of its kind, opened in January 1826, and adjacent to this is Robert Stephenson's 1850 Britannia Tubular Bridge. Between the two bridge crossings there is a small island in the middle of the strait, Ynys Gorad Goch, on which are built a house and outbuildings and around which are the significant remains of fish traps, no longer used.
The differential tides at the two ends of the strait cause very strong currents to flow in both directions through the strait at different times, creating dangerous conditions. One of the most dangerous areas of the strait is known as the Swellies (or Swillies – Welsh Pwll Ceris) between the two bridges. Here rocks near the surface cause over-falls and local whirlpools, which can be of considerable danger in themselves and cause small boats to founder on the rocks.
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Geographical Context: Country estates Estuary, Marine Place: Menai Strait Plas Newydd Snowdonia Primary Subject: Yacht
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Grounds [15] · Trees [3] · Mountains of Snowdonia [2] ·
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SH5269, 240 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Robin Drayton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 18 October, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 22 October, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 5231 6947 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:12.1039N 4:12.7541W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 5196 6954
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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