Cap Lizard

Le cap Lizard (en cornique : an Lysardh qui signifie 'la haute cour') en Cornouailles est le point le plus au sud de la péninsule de Lizard. C'est aussi le point le plus au sud de la Grande-Bretagne, et le lieu habité le plus au sud de l'Angleterre, mis à part les îles Scilly.

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Lizard Point, Cornwall

Lizard Point in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles southeast of Helston. Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30" N.

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Lizard Lighthouse

The Lizard Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, built to guide vessels passing through the English Channel. It was often the welcoming beacon to persons returning to England, where on a clear night, the reflected light could be seen 100 mi away.

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Battle at The Lizard

The Battle at The Lizard took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and a British convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards. Duguay-Trouin and Forbin were two of the most successful French naval commanders and they caused much damage to the British merchant fleet.

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Bugaled Breizh

MFV Bugaled Breizh was a French trawler from Loctudy, Finistère, whose sinking with all hands in 90 metres of water in the English Channel on 15 January 2004 remains unresolved. While it appeared possible that the ship was pulled under by a submarine, a specific submarine could not be identified from among the number of submarines of several nations operating in the general vicinity of the accident site. Moreover, the condition of the ship's recovered trawling equipment was reported by a technical inquiry to not be consistent with a submarine entanglement. The motorized fishing vessel was built in 1986 by the Bretagne Sud shipyard in Belz. Its name means "Children of Brittany" in the Breton language.

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Lizard

Lizard, also known as The Lizard, The Lizard Town, or The Lizard Village, is a village on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about ten miles south of Helston, and is mainland Britain's most southerly settlement. Lizard is a tourist centre and its large village green is surrounded by cafes and gift shops. The name derives from the Cornish lys for 'court' and ardh for 'high'. The village is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish on the British mainland. The village of Lizard is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a relatively small settlement and lying within the hundred of Winnianton. The parish church is dedicated to St Winwaloe and is the most southerly in mainland Britain. It is built of local serpentinite stone and is situated in the hamlet of Landewednack, now a suburb of Lizard village. Lizard Lighthouse, the oldest mainland light in Cornwall, is situated half-a-mile south of the village. It has twin towers and was erected in 1752 although there had been a light here since 1619. The Lizard Lifeboat Station, operated by the RNLI, is situated at Kilcobben Cove half-a-mile east of the village. The Spanish Armada was first spotted from near Lizard village in 1588. There is a Cornish cross in the village. Lizard village is the only mainland settlement in the UK that lies below 50 degs North Latitude.

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Les petits villages de Lizard et Landewednack sont situés à environ 1 km au nord du cap, et la ville la plus proche est Helston, à 18 km vers le nord. Le cap Lizard constitue un point de départ pour la traversée de l'Atlantique d'est en ouest. C'est également un lieu sujet à de nombreux accidents maritimes. La Royal National Lifeboat Institution gère une station de sauvetage en mer à Kilcobben Cove, à environ 3 km au nord-ouest du cap. La station comprend une ligne funiculaire qui transporte les sauveteurs entre le hangar à bateaux et le parking en haut de la falaise. Le phare du cap Lizard est situé au cap Lizard. La région du cap est célèbre pour ses objets en serpentine taillée, comme les manches pour la bière en pression au pub local, le Lizard Inn. La géologie de la péninsule de Lizard est remarquable, et un grand nombre de sentiers de randonnées permettent de découvrir la région.