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Ushant (in French Ouessant, in Breton Enez Eusa) is an island in the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of European France. It is located at 48°28′N 5°5′W Administratively, Ushant is a commune of the Finistère département. Breton (Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France. ...
Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche, IPA: , the sleeve), also for some time known in England as the British Sea, is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the...
The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed in Breton) is a département of France, located in Brittany (Bretagne in French). ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
Geography
Ushant marks the southern entrance to the western English Channel, the northern entrance being the Isles of Scilly, southwest of Land's End in England. Although it is an island in the English Channel, it does not form part of the Channel Islands archipelago. Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche, IPA: , the sleeve), also for some time known in England as the British Sea, is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the...
Tresco, the second largest Island of Scillonia The Isles of Scilly (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan) form an archipelago of islands off the Cornish coast. ...
Lands End is a headland on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance, Cornwall, at the extreme south-western tip of the British mainland. ...
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The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ...
The island is a rocky landmass some 8 km by 3 km with a total area of 15 km².
Demographics There is only one significant community on the island, the village of Lampaul. Ushant has a total population of 932 people (1999).
History Ushant is famous for its maritime past, both as a fishing community and as a key landmark in the Channel approaches. It is named in the refrain of the sea shanty Spanish Ladies: I soon got used to this singing; for the sailors never touched a rope without it. ...
- We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,
- We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas,
- Until we strike soundings in the channel of old England,
- From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.
Several naval battles have been fought near Ushant between the British and French navies. See Battle of Ushant. The French battleship Orient burns, 1 August 1798, during the Battle of the Nile A naval battle is a battle fought using ships or other waterborne vessels. ...
Several naval battles fought near the Île dOuessant (Ushant) in Brittany between the British and French navies are known as Battles of Ushant: The First Battle of Ushant, July 27, 1778, fought 100 miles west of Ouessant, was a large but inconclusive engagement in the American Revolutionary War. ...
In March 1978, the US oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground about 10 km from the island, causing major pollution of the Breton coast. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
The Amoco Cadiz was a supertanker, owned by Amoco, that split in two after running aground on Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, in March 16, 1978, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history. ...
Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ...
Miscellaneous The island is home to a special breed of dwarf black sheep.
The Creac'h lighthouse is reputedly the most powerful in the world. The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...
Ushant is also the title of the autobiography of the American poet and novelist Conrad Aiken, published in 1952. Conrad Potter Aiken ( August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, born in Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes poetry, short stories and novels. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Between Ushant and Lizard Point is the finishing line for circumnavigations. Foghorns at Lizard Point Lizard Point in Cornwall is the southernmost tip of The Lizard peninsula. ...
To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ...
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