Lizard Point
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.
Photo: Pldms, Public domain.- Type: Locality
- Description: headland in Cornwall, southernmost point on mainland Great Britain
- Also known as: “Lizard Head”, “Lizard Point (Cornualla)”, “Lizard Point, Cornwall”, “The Lizard”, “Мыс Лизард”, and “リザード・ポイント”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lizard and Lizard Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lizard and Cadgwith.
St Ruan
Village
St Ruan is a hamlet in the civil parish of Grade-Ruan, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Ruan is situated 2½ miles north of Lizard Point.
Lizard Point
- Categories: cape and headland
- Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.95889° or 49° 57′ 32″ north
Longitude
-5.20638° or 5° 12′ 23″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
8CXPXQ5V+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Lizard Point” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Lizard burnu”
- Basque: “Lizard Point (Kornualles)”
- Basque: “Lizard Point”
- Catalan: “Penn Lysardh”
- Cebuano: “Lizard Point”
- Chinese: “利泽德角”
- Czech: “Lizard Point”
- Czech: “Lizard”
- Czech: “mys Lizard”
- Danish: “Lizard Point”
- Dutch: “Lizard Point”
- Esperanto: “Lacerta Pinto”
- French: “cap Lizard”
- French: “Cap Lizard”
- German: “Lizard Point, Cornwall”
- German: “Lizard Point”
- Hebrew: “ליזרד פוינט (קורנוול)”
- Italian: “Capo Lizard”
- Japanese: “リザード岬”
- Latin: “Ocrinum promunturium”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lizard Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lizard Point i Cornwall”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lizard Point”
- Norwegian: “Lizard Point”
- Polish: “Lizard Point”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Lizard”
- Russian: “Лизард”
- Slovenian: “Lizard Point”
- Swedish: “Lizard Point (udde i Storbritannien, Cornwall)”
- Swedish: “Lizard Point”
- Turkish: “Lizard Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Лізард-Пойнт”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Poltream Cove and Enoch Rock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Art on Point and Old Lifeboat Station.
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Worth a closer look: Truro and Penzance.
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