Point Penmarc'h

Point Penmarc'h, often spelled Point Penmarch, or in French Pointe de Penmarc'h, is the extremity of a small peninsula peninsula in Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France.

The fortified remains of a town which was of considerable importance from the 14th to the 16th centuries and included today's communes of Penmarc'h, Saint-Guénolé and Kerity lie on the point. The town owed its prosperity to its cod-banks, the disappearance of which together with the discovery of the Newfoundland cod-banks and the pillage of the place by the bandit La Fontenelle in 1595 contributed to its decline.

The Phare d'Eckmuhl, a lighthouse with a light visible for 60 nautical miles (111 kilometers), stands on the point.

See also

• Penmarc'h

References

• Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0-87779-546-0.