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St Michael’s Mount

St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in near , , England, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of by a causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 29 residents
  • Description: tidal island in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall
  • Also known as: “Saint Michaels Mount”, “St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall”, “St Michaels Mount”, and “St. Michael’s Mount”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penzance Heliport and Penzance Railway Station.

Heliport
Photo: Dyvroeth, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is located 1.1 NM northeast of , . The heliport hosts scheduled flights to the , with a connection to the railway network at by a special bus service.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the town of in west , England. It is the terminus of the Cornish Main Line and the southernmost railway station in , situated at milepost 326.5 miles from . is situated 2½ miles west of St Michael’s Mount.

Garden
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marazion and Penzance.

Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.
is small coastal village near Penzance in West Cornwall. The tidal island of St Michael's Mount is half-a-mile offshore. At low water a causeway links it to the town and at high water passenger boats carry visitors between and St Michael's Mount.

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is the most south-westerly town in West Cornwall. Famous for its association with the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Pirates of , the town is an ideal base for exploring the Penwith area of Cornwall.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a fishing village in West Cornwall, a mile or two south of Penzance. The mediaeval quay, beloved of the School painters, still exists and there are many charming cottages and narrow lanes to explore.

St Michael’s Mount

Latitude
50.1184° or 50° 7′ 6″ north
Longitude
-5.4776° or 5° 28′ 40″ west
Population
29
United Nations Location Code
GB SMM
Open location code
9C2P4G9C+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29284915
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7294222
Wiki­data ID
Q1431121
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“St Michael’s Mount” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Breton: “Karrek Loos y’n Koos”
  • Breton: “Saint Michael’s Mount”
  • Breton: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Catalan: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Michaels Mount”
  • Cebuano: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Chinese: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Chinese: “聖邁克爾山”
  • Cornish: “Carrek Loos y’n Coos”
  • Cornish: “Karrek Loes y’n Koes”
  • Cornish: “Karrek Loos yn Koos”
  • Czech: “St. Michael’s Mount”
  • Danish: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Dutch: “Saint Michael’s Mount”
  • Dutch: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Dutch: “St. Michael’s Mount”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جبل سانت مايكل”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Sankta Mikaelo”
  • Esperanto: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Estonian: “Saint Michael’s Mount”
  • Estonian: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • French: “Saint Michael’s Mount”
  • French: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Galician: “Monte de San Miguel”
  • German: “An Garrek Los y’n Cos”
  • German: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • German: “St. Michael’s Mount”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת סנט מייקל”
  • Irish: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Italian: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Japanese: “セント・マイケルズ・マウント”
  • Japanese: “セント・マイケル山”
  • Ladin: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Latin: “Mons Sancti Michaelis (Cornubia)”
  • Latin: “Mons Sancti Michaelis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Michael’s Mount”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karrek Loos y’n Koos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Norwegian: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Persian: “کوه سنت مایکل”
  • Polish: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Russian: “Сент Майклз Маунт”
  • Russian: “Сент-Майклз-Маунт”
  • Russian: “Сент-Майклс-Маунт”
  • Slovenian: “St. Michael’s Mount”
  • Spanish: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Swedish: “Saint Michaels Mount”
  • Swedish: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Turkish: “St Michael’s Mount”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Майклз-Маунт”
  • Welsh: “Karrek Loos yn Koos”
  • Welsh: “Mwynt Mihangel”
  • Welsh: “St Michael’s Mount”

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