Costa da Morte (i.e., the Death Coast) is part of the Spanish Galician coast. The Costa da Morte extends from the villages of Muros and Noia (in Rías Baixas) to the city of A Coruña. Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Muros is a fictional character from the Philippine telefantasyes Encantadia and Etheria. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Rías Baixas are a part of the coastal area of Galicia. ... A Coruña , (in English Corunna, in Spanish La Coruña, and in Galician A Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain. ...

The Death Coast received its name because there have been so many shipwrecks along its treacherous rocky shore. Instead of being sheltered by an intricate coastline or by islands as the Rías Baixas region is, the shore of the Costa da Morte is exposed directly to the Atlantic Ocean. It is an area that has been impacted by a number of oil spills, including the spill from the Prestige in 2002. The Rías Baixas are a part of the coastal area of Galicia. ... Volunteers cleaning up the aftermath of the Prestige oil spill An oil spill (or slick) is the intentional or unintentional release of oil (generally, petroleum) into the natural environment as a result of human activity. ... Prestige means good reputation or high esteem. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

The exterior cape region is known for anthropological, historical and geographical reasons. Its name in the Galician language is Fisterra, which descends from the pre-Roman legend which held that this area was the end of the world (Finis-terrae). The area was largely Christianized by the Catholic Church with the aid of a large flux of Christian pilgrims arriving on the Way of St. James. Galician (Galician: galego, pron. ... Nickname: Fisterra Location of Fisterra within Galicia Parroquia Alcalde (Mayor) Area    - City 29. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... Scallop, St. ...

The people of the area still preserve pre-Christian Celtic ritual places and pass on some of the traditional beliefs. For example, there are giant pedras de abalar (i.e., "oscillating stones"; the common term in English is rocking stone) throughout the region. These pedras de abalar were sacred Celtic locations and used in various rituals that are remembered in local culture. There is also a local legend that the wind creates wild nightmares. The Pedras de abalar, or oscillating stones, are several large stones that can easily be moved by a person or the wind in Spain. ... Rocking Stones (or Logans) are large stones that are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force causes them to rock. ...

Major Commercial and Fishing Ports

• A Coruña - Major Commercial Ports - - The death Coast of Galicia

• Malpica - Fishing Port - - The death Coast of Galicia

• Camariñas - Fishing Port - - The death Coast of Galicia

• Fisterra - Fishing Port - - The death Coast of Galicia

A Coruña , (in English Corunna, in Spanish La Coruña, and in Galician A Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain. ... Image File history File links SymbolNauticMarked. ... Image File history File links SymbolNauticDeport. ... A Coruña (also: La Coruña in Spanish, La Corogne in French and La Croyne and Corunna in English) is the most North-western Atlantic facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. ... Map showing the extention of this Galician Region Bergantiños is a local region in the Galician Province of A Coruña. ... Image File history File links SymbolNauticFisher. ... Image File history File links SymbolNauticDeport. ... A Coruña (also: La Coruña in Spanish, La Corogne in French and La Croyne and Corunna in English) is the most North-western Atlantic facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: ? Location Situation of Camariñas within Galicia Government Parroquias  ? Alcalde (Mayor)  ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area Total km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population Total (2005)  ? (INE) Metro area {{{population_metro}}} Density  ?/km² Latitude  ? Longitude  ? Coordinates Elevation m Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2) Camariñas... Image File history File links SymbolNauticFisher. ... Image File history File links SymbolNauticDeport. ... A Coruña (also: La Coruña in Spanish, La Corogne in French and La Croyne and Corunna in English) is the most North-western Atlantic facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. ... Map showing the extention of this Galician Region Finisterre is a local region in the Galician Province of A Coruña. ... Image File history File links SymbolNauticFisher. ... Image File history File links SymbolNauticDeport. ... A Coruña (also: La Coruña in Spanish, La Corogne in French and La Croyne and Corunna in English) is the most North-western Atlantic facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. ...

Geography

The Costa da Morte includes Cape Finisterre (Spanish: Cabo Finisterre; Galician: Cabo Fisterra), a rock-bound peninsula in the uttermost west of Galicia, Spain. Position of Cape Finisterre on the Iberian Peninsula Cape Finisterre, in Spanish Cabo Finisterre, literally Cape Lands End, is a rock-bound peninsula in the north-west of Spain. ...

Cape Finisterre is the westernmost point of Spain, though not of Continental Europe (that honour belongs to Cabo da Roca in Portugal), and its name, like that of Finistère in France, derives from Finisterrae in Latin which literally means "Land's End".

Cape Finisterre has a notable lighthouse on it and nearby is the seaside town of Fisterra.

Further north are the so-called Rías Altas^[1]

Locations along the The Death Coast

These are some of the towns, villages, hamlets and cities along the Death Coast (that is, the "Costa da Morte") including the largest port city on the Death Coast, A Coruña: A Coruña , (in English Corunna, in Spanish La Coruña, and in Galician A Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain. ...

1. A Coruña
2. Ensenada do Orzán
3. Bens
4. Suevos
5. Praia de Barrañán
6. Caión
7. Praia de Baldaio
8. Punta do Razo
9. Punta Falcoeira
10. Malpica
11. Illas Sisargas
12. Barizo
13. Punta de Nariga
14. Corme
15. Balarés
16. Ria de Laxe
17. Cabo de Laxe
18. Praia de Traba
19. Camelle
20. Praia do Trece
21. Cabo Vilán
22. Camariñas
23. Muxia
24. Punta da Barca
25. Cabo Touriñán
26. Nemiña
27. Ria de Lires
28. Praia do Rostro
29. Cabo da Nave
30. Fisterra

A Coruña , (in English Corunna, in Spanish La Coruña, and in Galician A Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain. ... Barizo is a fishing town in the northern part of Spain, specifically along the Costa da Morte in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous region of Galicia. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: ? Location Situation of Camariñas within Galicia Government Parroquias  ? Alcalde (Mayor)  ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area Total km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population Total (2005)  ? (INE) Metro area {{{population_metro}}} Density  ?/km² Latitude  ? Longitude  ? Coordinates Elevation m Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2) Camariñas... Muxia (Spanish: Mugía; Galician: Muxía) is a coastal town in Galicia, Spain. ... Nickname: Fisterra Location of Fisterra within Galicia Parroquia Alcalde (Mayor) Area    - City 29. ...

See also:

• The Upper Rias (also "Rias altas") with its biggest City Port in Ferrol.
• The Lower Rias (also "Rias Bajas") with its biggest City Port in Vigo.

Rias Altas (also Upper Rias) is the most Northern section of the three parts into which A Costa do Marisco can be divided. ... Ferrol can refer to: EUROPE Ferrol, Spain City and Naval Station in North Western Spain, European Union Note: Place of birth of both Francisco Franco (1892) the Spanish dictator and Pablo Iglesias (1850) founder of PSOE and UGT. ASIA Ferrol, Romblon Small Town in the Philippines Note: The Philippines got... The Ria de Vigo, one of the rias that gives Rías Baixas area its name The Rías Baixas are the Atlantic facing southern a part of Costa del Marisco in the Galicia region of Spain. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Olive City Location Situation of Vigo within Galicia Government Parroquias Alcabre, Beade, Bembrive, Cabral, Candeán, Castrelos, Comesaña, Coruxo, Lavadores, Matamá, Navia, Oia, Saiáns, Sampaio, Sárdoma, Valadares, Zamáns. ...

References

1. ^ Rias are flooded river valleys which form estuaries along the coast.

Georges River, in the southern suburbs of Sydney (Australia) is a ria, or drowned river valley. ...

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