List of Welsh principal areas by highest point
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This is a list of the principal areas of Wales, ordered by their highest points.
| Rank | Principal area | Peak | Height (metres) |
Grid reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwynedd | Snowdon | 1085 | SH609543 |
| 2 | Conwy | Carnedd Llewelyn | 1064 | SH683644 |
| 3 | Powys | Pen y Fan | 886 | SO011215 |
| 4 | Denbighshire | Cadair Berwyn | 830 | SJ071323 |
| 5 | Wrexham | Craig Berwyn | 790 | SJ077335 |
| 6 | Carmarthenshire | Fan Foel | 781 | SN821223 |
| 7 | Ceredigion | Plynlimon | 752 | SN789869 |
| 8 | Monmouthshire | Chwarel y Fan | 679 | SO259292 |
| 9 | Neath Port Talbot | Craig y Llyn | 600 | SN906031 |
| 10 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Craig y Llyn (eastern slopes) | c. 589 | SN909031 |
| 11 | Blaenau Gwent | Coity Mountain | 581 | SO231079 |
| 12 | Torfaen | Coity Mountain (north-eastern slopes) | c. 580 | SO231080 |
| 13 | Bridgend | Mynydd Llangeinwyr | 568 | SS912947 |
| 14 | Flintshire | Moel Famau | 554 | SJ161626 |
| 15 | Pembrokeshire | Foel Cwmcerwyn | 536 | SN094311 |
| 16 | Caerphilly | Twyn Pwll Morlais (SE slopes) | c. 535 | SO082110 |
| 17 | Merthyr Tydfil | Twyn Pwll Morlais (southern slopes) | c. 531 | SO080110 |
| 18 | Swansea | Mynydd y Gwair | 374 | SN664094 |
| 19 | Newport | Wentwood | 309 | ST411942 |
| 20 | Cardiff | Garth Hill | 307 | ST103835 |
| 21 | Isle of Anglesey | Holyhead Mountain | 220 | SH218829 |
| 22 | Vale of Glamorgan | Unnamed hill SE of Pantylladron | 137 | ST036739 |
