Pointe des Espagnols
The Pointe des Espagnols is the north-east extremity of the Roscanvel peninsula, an outgrowth of the Crozon peninsula closing off the roadstead of Brest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Brest, France
- Also known as: “Pointe des Espanols”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portzic Lighthouse and Fort de Portzic.
Portzic Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Portzic Lighthouse is situated on the north-eastern extremity of the Goulet de Brest and is the nearest lighthouse to the town of Brest. It is a 35 metres tall octagonal tower.
Fort de Portzic
Fort
Photo: Llorenzi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort de Portzic was built near the town of Brest by Vauban between 1693 and 1699 as part of the defences of the goulet de Brest. It faces the pointe des Espagnols and was improved and enlarged over time, since it formed the town's last and innermost defence.
IMT Atlantique
College
IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire is one of the leading French engineering Grandes Écoles and a technological university, which was created on January 1, 2017 through the merger of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Nantes and Télécom Bretagne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon and Porte Caffarelli.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon is a suburb.
Pointe des Espagnols
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Roscanvel, Arrondissement of Châteaulin, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.34178° or 48° 20′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.53186° or 4° 31′ 55″ westElevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
8CWQ8FR9+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1831434070OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3019722Wikidata ID
Q246304
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Spanish—“Pointe des Espagnols” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Beg ar Spagnoled”
- Chinese: “西班牙人角”
- Dutch: “Pointe des Espagnols”
- Esperanto: “Pinto de la Hispanoj”
- French: “pointe des Espagnols”
- French: “Pointe des Espagnols”
- German: “Pointe des Espagnols”
- Spanish: “Punta de los Españoles”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Le Stiff and Le Lez.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Batterie de Rupture 2 x 32cm and Batterie de 4 x 100mm.
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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 “Pointe des Espagnols”. Photo: Mike bzh, CC BY-SA 3.0.