Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire Sugar Loaf, sometimes called The Sugar Loaf ( or ), is a mountain situated north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is the southernmost of the summit peaks of the Black Mountains, with a height of 1,955 feet (596 metres). The original Welsh name of the hill appears to have been Mynydd Pen-y-fâl. Translated into English, this name means 'mountain of the head/top of the peak/summit' from "mynydd", "pen" and "bâl". The name Sugar Loaf has been popularly applied to numerous hills which have a perceived resemblance to a sugarloaf; the nearest other such hill is the
Sugar Loaf Bay of Nuussuaq Peninsula. These are, from northeast to southwest: the small "Inussulikassak", "Paornarqortut", Itissaalik (the largest of the chain), "Saarlia", Timilersua (the second-largest), and Sugar Loaf Island. In the south, Kittorsaq Island and the northwestern corner of Qullikorsuit Island define the southern end of the bay, at the mouth of Nuussuap Saqqaa Fjord. Nuussuaq Peninsula defines the northern limit of Sugar Loaf Bay. Several high, peninsular nunataqs of mainland Greenland extend into the bay: Anoritooq (), Orsugissap Qaqqarsua (), and Niaqornarsuaq (). Nuussuup Kangia in the northeast and Nasaussap Saqqaa fjord in the southeast are prominent tributary fjords, the former