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Sarn y Bwch

Cardigan BayGwynedd geography stubsReefs of GwyneddReefs of the Atlantic Ocean

Sarn y Bwch, (Welsh for 'buck's causeway'), is one of three parallel reefs extending beneath the sea into Cardigan Bay from the west coast of Wales. The causeway, probably a medial moraine is made of glacial deposits left by receding ice sheets at the end of the last ice age. It is sometimes called Sarn y Bwlch ('the causeway of the pass'), but this form is later and less common than Sarn y Bwch. Sarn y Bwch is the central of the three, extending south-westwards from near Tywyn. To the north is the causeway of Sarn Badrig, whilst to the south is Sarn Gynfelyn, which extends from near Aberystwyth.

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N 52.608 ° E -4.137 °
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Rhoslefain


LL36 9LY
Wales, United Kingdom
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