Carn Base
Carn Base is a reef in England, United Kingdom. Carn Base is situated nearby to the locality Carn Les Boel, as well as near Land’s End.Places of Interest
Highlights include Longships Lighthouse.
Longships Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longships Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse about 1.25 mi off the coast of Land's End in Cornwall, England. It is the second lighthouse to be built on Carn Bras, the highest of the Longships islets which rises 39 feet above high water level. Longships Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles north of Carn Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carn Les Boel and Land’s End.
Carn Les Boel
Locality
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carn Les Boel is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Carn Base.
Land’s End
Gwennap Head
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwennap Head is a headland on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Levan and approximately 4 miles south of Land's End, and less than 1 mile north-west of Porthgwarra, the nearest village. Gwennap Head is situated 3 miles east of Carn Base.
Carn Base
- Type: Reef
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.03333° or 50° 2′ northLongitude
-5.75° or 5° 45′ westOpen location code
9C2P27M2+82GeoNames ID
2653727
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