Newport Bay (5202'N., 452'W.) lies between Dinas Head and Pen y bal, 2.3 miles E. The shore between Dinas Head and the mouth of Afon Nyfer, which discharges into the SE part of the bay, consists of slate rock. Pen y bal is a high and steep to point. Carregedrywy, an above water rock, lies 0.2 mile N of Pen y bal and is connected to the mainland by a drying ledge. Foel Goch stands close within the cliffs 1.5 miles NE of Pen y bal. This hill is prominent, round topped, and 190m high.

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