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Cape Cornwall ((コーンウォール語:Kilgoodh Ust), meaning "goose back of St Just") is a small headland in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is four miles north of Land's End near the town of St Just.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7〕 A cape is the point of land where two bodies of water meet and until the first Ordnance Survey, 200 years ago, it was thought that Cape Cornwall was the most westerly point in Cornwall.〔Joseph P. 2006. Cape Cornwall Mine. British Mining No 79. Northern Mine Research Society. Sheffield. pp.111. ISBN 978-0-901450-60-9.〕 Most of the headland is owned by the National Trust. There is also a National Coastwatch look out on the seaward side. The only tourist infrastructure at present is a car park (owned by the National Trust) and a public toilet and refreshments van during the summer. The Brisons, two offshore rocks, are located approximately one mile southwest of Cape Cornwall and are the starting line of the annual swimming race ending at Priest Cove.〔〔 Just one mile from the Cape is the westernmost school on the British mainland, Cape Cornwall School. This is Cornwall's smallest secondary school with (as of January 2008) about 450 young people aged 11 to 16. Commonly known as "Cape" it is Cornwall's only school that specialises in art, photography and music. Most of its pupils come from the town of St Just in Penwith and the nearby villages of Pendeen, Sennen, St Buryan and St Levan but over 10% travel to the school from Penzance and further east. ==Etymology== The name Cape Cornwall appeared first on a maritime chart around the year 1600 and the original Cornish name ''Kilgodh Ust'' has fallen out of use. In English it translates to "goose-back at St Just", a reference to the shape of the cape.〔Weatherhill C. (2007) ''Cornish Place Names and Language''. Ammanford: Sigma Press.〕 An alternative name, ''Pen Kernow'', is a recent translation of the English. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape Cornwall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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