Cape Finisterre

См. также в других словарях:

• Cape Finisterre — ( gl. Cabo Fisterra) is a rock bound peninsula on the west coast of Galicia, Spain. [ [http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/default/2007/07/09/0012A9BC5F48D4A6BC83005B9D445042711E/Foto/fisterra.jpgPhotograph of Cape Finisterre, seen from the air, facing… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Cape Finisterre partof=the Napoleonic Wars caption= date=22 July 1805 place=Off Cape Finisterre casus= territory= result=British victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Robert Calder… …   Wikipedia

• First battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First battle of Cape Finisterre partof=the War of the Austrian Succession caption= date=14 May 1747 place=Off Cape Finisterre result=British victory combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom|1606 Great Britain… …   Wikipedia

• Second battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second battle of Cape Finisterre partof=the War of the Austrian Succession caption= date=25 October 1747 place=Off Cape Finisterre result=Decisive British victory combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom|1606 Great… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Cape Finisterre — Three naval battles fought between Britain and France near Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain are known as the battle of Cape Finisterre.* In the War of the Austrian Succession, the first battle of Cape Finisterre on 14 May 1747 was a victory for …   Wikipedia

• Finisterre — may mean:The Atlantic* Cape Finisterre, the headland that is the westernmost point in Spain. * FitzRoy, a sea area on the United Kingdom Shipping Forecast formerly known as Finisterre which was renamed in 2002 to avoid confusion with the Spanish… …   Wikipedia

• Finisterre — [fin΄is ter′] Cape promontory at the westernmost point of Spain …   English World dictionary

• Finisterre,Cape — Fin·is·terre (fĭn ĭ stârʹ, fē nē stĕrʹrĕ), Cape A rocky promontory of extreme northwest Spain on the Atlantic Ocean. Off the cape the British won two naval victories over the French (1747 and 1805). * * * …   Universalium

• Finisterre, Cape — geographical name cape NW Spain on coast of La Coruña province; westernmost point of Spanish mainland, at 9°18′W …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Finisterre — /fin euh stair /; Sp. /fee nees terdd rdde/, n. Cape, a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of Spain. * * * …   Universalium

• Finisterre — /fɪnəsˈtɛə/ (say finuhs tair), /finisˈtɛrə/ (say feenees teruh) noun Cape, a headland in north western Spain; the westernmost point of Spain …