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Cardinal points

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Summary

One travel guide claims that Finisterre is the most westerly point on the European mainland. This is in fact wrong, just as other points that lay claim to special status as geographical extremities are often spurious. We map Europe's extremities.

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The editorial for hidden europe 1 was written at Cape Finisterre in Spanish Galicia, a headland whose very name spells remoteness. One travel guide claims that Finisterre is the most westerly point on the European mainland. This is in fact wrong, just as other points that lay claim to special status as geographical extremities are often spurious.

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18 December 2009
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