Amuitz island

Amuitz island is an islet in Basque Country, Northern Spain. Amuitz island is situated nearby to the grassland Amuaitz, as well as near the beach Playa del Faro.

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Type: Islet
Description: island in the Basque Country
Also known as: “Amuitz”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cape Higuer Lighthouse and Castle of San Telmo, Hondarribia.

Cape Higuer Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Cape Higuer Lighthouse is a lighthouse at the Cabo Higuer on the Spanish Atlantic coast in the Bay of Biscay. It lies in the municipality of Hondarribia, west of the mouth of the Bidasoa, which forms the border with France. Cape Higuer Lighthouse is situated 340 metres south of Amuitz island.

Castle of San Telmo, Hondarribia

Castle

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Castle of San Telmo, Hondarribia is situated 620 metres south of Amuitz island.

Château d’Abbadia

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The Château d'Abbadia, also Château d'Abbadie, is a neogothic château situated in Hendaye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Built by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Edmond Duthoit, both patronized by the explorer Antoine d'Abbadie, between 1864 and 1879, it is classified as a historic monument and "Maison des Illustres". Château d’Abbadia is situated 4 km southeast of Amuitz island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Higuer and Hondarribia.

Cape Higuer

Locality

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The Cape Higuer is a cape on the Bay of Biscay standing out at the end of the mountain range Jaizkibel by the France–Spain border in the municipality of Hondarribia.

Hondarribia

Hondarribia is a fishing town in the province of Guipuzcoa, Basque Country of Spain on the Bay of Txingudi, by the border with France. It is the last remaining walled town in Guipuzcoa.