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Land's End

Land's End is a peninsula located at the extreme western tip of Cornwall, Great Britain near Penzance[?]. Visible from Land's End is the Longships Lighthouse. The Longships, a few miles out, is a serpentine and quartz island. Offshore, midway between Land's End and the Scilly Isles, lies the mythical lost land of Lyonesse, referred to in Arthurian literature.

See also: Finis Terrae[?], Finisterre[?], Fisterra[?], Finistére[?]



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