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Cape Cornwall

Cape Cornwall is a small headland in West , England. It is 4 miles north of near the town of . Until the first Ordnance Survey in the early 19th-century, Cape Cornwall was believed to be the most westerly point in Cornwall.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Cornwall Chimney and Ballowall Barrow.

Ruins
Photo: Hanton01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ruins.

Archaeological site
Photo: Frances Watts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near in Cornwall, England, UK.

Beach
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a beach in the far west of , England, . It is located half-a-mile west of the town of . The beach is at the seaward end of the and is part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenidjack Valley and Boscean.

Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in , . The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of Cape Cornwall, half-a-mile north-east of the village of .

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , on the Penwith peninsula in west , England, United Kingdom, approximately half-a-mile northwest of St Just.

Locality
is located half-a-mile south of in west , . It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.

Cape Cornwall

Latitude
50.12716° or 50° 7′ 38″ north
Longitude
-5.70984° or 5° 42′ 35″ west
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CCL
Open location code
9C2P47GR+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13368514082
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2652354
Wiki­data ID
Q1034399
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Cape Cornwall” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kornualles lurmuturra”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Cornwall”
  • Cornish: “Kilgoodh”
  • Dutch: “Cape Cornwall”
  • French: “cap Cornwall”
  • French: “Cap Cornwall”
  • German: “Cape Cornwall”
  • Hebrew: “כף קורנוול”
  • Italian: “Capo Cornwall”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Cornwall”
  • Persian: “دماغه کورنوال”
  • Polish: “Cape Cornwall”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Cornualles”
  • Swedish: “Cape Cornwall”
  • Ukrainian: “Корнволл (мис)”
  • Ukrainian: “Корнволл”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Boswedden and Bollowall.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cape Cornwall and St. Helen’s Oratory.

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