Cape Vilan (Galician: Cabo Vilán) is a rock-bound peninsula on the west coast of Galicia, Spain, located in Costa da Morte ("Coast of Death"), specifically close the village of Camariñas. The place was declared of National Interest in 1933 and today is a Natural Monument. However, near the cape was installed a wind farm and a fish farm breeding turbot.
The Cape Vilan Lighthouse marks this dangerous sections of the Costa da Morte. Erected at 125 meters altitude and attached to the old building of the lighthouse keepers, it has a powerful light that can reach 55 km. It is the oldest electric lighthouse in Spain.[citation needed]
In 1890, the English ship HMS Serpent, which sailed to the Sierra Leone, sank near the cape because of a storm, perishing 173 men that were buried in the English Cemetery (Cemiterio dos Ingleses), a short distance out Cape Vilan.
CapeVilan (Galician: Cabo Vilán) is a rock-bound peninsula on the west coast of Galicia, Spain, located in Costa da Morte ("Coast of Death"), specifically...
Nevertheless, Cape Finisterre is not the only cape that Costa da Morte includes; one can also see Cabo Touriñán as well as CapeVilán. The Rías Altas...
aboard HMS Serpent while on route to Sierra Leone, after hitting rocks off CapeVilan, Spain. Three of the 176 people on board survived the shipwreck. His mother...
Teixido's cliffs. Cape Prior. Santo Adrao Point, close to Malpica. CapeVilan. Cape Touriñan, the most occidental point of Galicia. Cape Finisterre, known...
the Bay of Biscay and attempted to reach shelter. She ran aground on CapeVilan near the village of Camariñas in Galicia, northwest Spain and all but...
Archer-class torpedo cruiser wrecked on the northwestern coast of Spain off CapeVilan. U-621 Kriegsmarine 18 August 1944 A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by...
fourth voyage to Spain, Black Arrow ran aground off the Spanish coast at CapeVilan. Refloated, she was returned to New York in November but saw no further...
Description Alma United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off CapeVilan, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan...
"Ship News". The Times. No. 23664. London. 5 July 1860. col F, p. 11. "The Cape of Good Hope". The Times. No. 23714. London. 1 September 1860. col E, p. 10...
Description HMS Serpent Royal Navy The torpedo cruiser ran aground off CapeVilan in northwest Spain in a violent storm, killing 173 of the 176 aboard....
denial of genocide. In April 2024, Israeli Ambassador to Serbia, Yahel Vilan, stated that the massacre should not be called genocide. Saying that the...
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Spain
Galicia
Cape Vilan and Vilán de Fóra islet
Lighthouse
Cliffs
Overview of the cape
