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Viewed from Gwennap Head, the islands and lighthouse of Longships, off Land's End, are some seven kilometres distant.
©Bob Jones
These dangerous rocks lie south-west of Gwennap Head.
©Bob Jones
See [[850795]] which places this collapsed cavern, also shown in [[1007994]], in more context. At its base it leads out through a cave into Funnel Zawn.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km north<br/>"A huge and intricate sea cliff offering stunning single- and multi-pitch routes up to 220ft at all grades" says http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=218 Just below the coastguard look out at Gwennap and close to the blow hole called Tol Pedn Penwith.
©Sheila Russell
Dist:0.1km north<br/>A precipitous granite cliff on the north side of the inlet, just northwest of Gwennap Head.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km north<br/>
©Row17
Dist:0.1km north<br/>The mirage effect appears to show the islands resting slightly above the horizon. Viewed from Gwennap Head, the long island to the left is St Mary's, whilst the right-hand island is St Martin's. The daymark on St Martin's (at [[SV9416]]) is clearly visible, although the islands are some 43 km distant. The clear January air facilitated this rare sight.
©Bob Jones
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Looking along the cliffline, popular with rock climbers.
©Hugh Venables
Dist:0.1km north<br/>The huge blow hole on Gwennap Head. 200 foot drop. You can hear the moaning noise of the Runnelstone buoy out at sea [[SW3620]]
©Sheila Russell
Dist:0.1km north<br/>At dusk at the end of a day sat on the end counting seabirds, dolphins and basking sharks for the SeaWatch SW survey http://www.seawatch-sw.org/. The main target species of the survey is Balearic Shearwater, an endangered and rare species which occurs regularly in British waters.
©Hugh Venables
Dist:0.1km north<br/>By Gwennap Head, just past the Coastwatch station
©Frances Watts
Dist:0.2km north<br/>In the late evening, close to the equinox, the sun illuminates the bottom of the blow-hole.
©Hugh Venables
Dist:0.2km north<br/>An alternative name for Gwennap Head is Tol-pedn-Penwith, which means 'the holed headland of Penwith'. This huge blowhole, about 20' in diameter and 120' deep is the reason for this name.
©Rod Allday
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©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.2km north<br/>An attractive rocky granite headland. Hella Point is the next headland east.
©Derek Harper

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