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Land's End

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Land's End promontory, Cornwall, SW England, forming the westernmost extremity of the English mainland. Of wave-carved granite, it has cliffs c.60 ft (20 m) high. Offshore are reefs and rocky islets, on one of which is Longships Lighthouse. Land's End is a major tourist attraction.

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Land's End

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Land's End, England/UK Londeseynde ‘End of the (Main)land’ from the Old English land and ende. This is said to be a translation of the Cornish Pen an Wlas or Pedn an Laaz ‘End of the Land’ with pen ‘promontory’ or ‘end’.

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Land's End

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Land's End Cornwall. Londeseynde 1337. ‘End of the mainland’. OE land + ende.

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