Snowdon, a mountain range in Carnarvon, North Wales, extending from the coast to near Conway; it has five distinct summits, of which Moel-y-Wyddfa (the conspicuous peak) is the highest, being 3560 ft.; the easiest ascent is from Llanberis on the N., and is the route usually taken by tourists, for whose behoof there is a house on the summit.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Snorri Sturlason * Soane, Sir John