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This category represents the rugged peninsula that extends into the Atlantic.
This is in the parish of  Sennen, but the term, is extended to the
neighbouring parishes of  St Just to the north,  St Buryan to the east,
and St Levan to the south east, represented by  Porthcurno on the south coast,
with the parish of Paul eastwards, represented by the  Mousehole category,
before the major conurbations of  Newlyn and  Penzance.
 
For rural locations north of Penzance, please see the  Zennor category, otherwise
websites for locations on the north coast may be listed in the  St Ives category.
 
To distinguish the latter localities from the granite outcrop stretching west into the Atlantic,
the area is also known as Land's End Peninsula, or West Penwith after the former Hundred,
and district of Cornwall administered from Penzance.
The Parliamentary electoral constituency of St Ives, includes all of the parishes above,
but extends east of the boundary of the former Penwith District. 
The River Hayle flows north in to Carbis Bay and forms the boundary, with  Hayle
in the  Camborne and  Redruth constituency, whereas the parish of St Erth on
the River Hayne remains in Penwith, and until there are sufficient websites for
a separate category, is represented here by the  St Ives category.
The next parish inland to the south is Germoe, which until there are sufficient websites to
justify a separate category, is represented by the  Marazion category.
Websites for locations along the south coast, east of the Perranuthnoe and Praa Sands
are regarded as part of the  Lizard Pennisula.

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Article describing the history, geology and geography of the headland, with photographs, references and related links.
Article describing the history, geology and geography of the headland, with photographs, references and related links.
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January 25, 2023 at 20:40:24 UTC
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