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Finisterre, Cape
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Finisterre, Cape (fĭnĭstâr`) [Lat. finis terrae=land's end], rocky promontory, extreme NW Spain, on the Atlantic coast of Galicia. Off the cape, the English won two naval battles against the French (1747, in the War of the Austrian Succession; 1805, in the Napoleonic Wars).
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The first sister to be sunk was the Avelona Star, victim of the U-43 on 30 June 1940 off Cape Finisterre.
Five tragic sisters by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
France's Jean-Pierre Dick took the lead in the world's toughest round-the-world non-stop solo sailing race before dawn as he rounded Spain's Cape Finisterre at the tiller of Paaprec-Virbac 2.
Vendee Globe leaves stormy weather behind by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Gulf Offshore has sent its clean-up vessel the Sefton Supporter to north-west Spain, where strong winds are pushing a sprawling oil slick toward Cape Finisterre.
Mersey ship leads battle on oil slick; Pollution fears grow as wind ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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