Fromveur Passage
The Fromveur Passage, sometimes called St. Vincent's Channel, is a strait that lies between the island of Ushant and Kéréon lighthouse on Men Tensel Rock, off the coast of the French province of Brittany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Julien Carnot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Strait
- Description: channel between Ushant and the Molène Islands off the coast of Finistère, France
- Also known as: “Le Fromveur” and “Passage du Fromveur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kereon Lighthouse and Ushant Airport.
Kereon Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Julien Carnot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kéréon Lighthouse is a French lighthouse on the reef of Men Tensel between Ushant and Molène in the Fromveur Passage in the Iroise Sea, Brittany.
Ushant Airport
Aerodrome
Ushant Airport, is an airport serving the French island of Ushant. It is located in the commune of Lampaul within the département of Finistère.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Molène.
Molène
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Molène or Molene is an island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Brittany in northwestern France. It is the largest of Molène or Molene Archipelago, a group of about 20 islands in the Ponant Isles. an archipelago of twenty islands.
Fromveur Passage
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Brittany, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.43792° or 48° 26′ 17″ northLongitude
-5.05508° or 5° 3′ 18″ westOpen location code
8CWPCWQV+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 619215170OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
3016975Wikidata ID
Q1091352
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Fromveur Passage” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fromveurreko igarobidea”
- Breton: “Ar Froñveur”
- Breton: “Strizh-mor ar Froñveur”
- Cebuano: “Passage du Fromveur”
- French: “chenal du Fromveur”
- French: “détroit du Fromveur”
- French: “Fromveur”
- French: “passage du Fromveur”
- French: “Passage du Fromveur”
- Italian: “Passaggio di Fromveur”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Fromveur”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Fromveur”
- Spanish: “Pasaje de Fromveur”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mez Meur and Pointe de Roc’h C’haro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Enez Nein and Enez an Ero.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fromveur Passage”. Photo: Julien Carnot, CC BY-SA 3.0.