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Menez ar Vel Destination Guide

Touring Menez ar Vel in France

Menez ar Vel in the region of Bretagne is a city located in France - some 318 mi or ( 512 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Menez ar Vel

Time in Menez ar Vel is now 11:59 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Oxford, Bristol, Cork, Quimper, and Nantes. Being here already, consider visiting Oxford . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Menez ar Vel ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

RADE DE BREST, Finistère, Bretagne

0:54 min by bzhsojo
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Saint Anne du Portzig à la base sous marine blog regards sur le finistère, bzhsojo.blogsperso.orange.fr ..

CAMARET PLAGE ET PORT, , Finistère, Bretagne

0:39 min by bzhsojo
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CAMARET Retrouvez toutes les photos sur www.flickr.com regardsurlefinistere.over-blog.fr ..


Große Wellen am Atlantik Bretagne Finistère, Windsurf, Tempete

3:56 min by moailine
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nach einer stürmischen Nacht im September 2011 after a stormy night ... ..

Tonnerre de Brest

0:52 min by perville
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Un petit trip de percussion a jouer sur une table de pierre sur la "pointe des espagnols", en Bretagne, avec la ville de Brest en toile de fond ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Pointe de Cornouaille

La pointe de Cornouaille is a cape to the north of the hamlet of Kerviniou in France. They are both situated on the Roscanvel peninsula and, facing as it does the Fort du Mengant, a battery on the point forms part of the defences of the goulet de Brest.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 48.33 -4.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Fortifications of Brest, France, Geography of Finistère

Camaret Bay

Camaret Bay is a small bay on the north coast of Brittany, France. In 1694 it was the site of the battle of Camaret, a naval action between French and English forces, which culminated in a disastrous amphibious landing by the English as part of an attempt to seize the nearby port of Brest.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 48.29 -4.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Bays of France, Geography of Brittany, Geography of Finistère

Goulet de Brest

The Goulet de Brest is a 3 km long strait linking the roadstead of Brest to the Atlantic Ocean. Only 1.8 km wide, it is situated between the Pointe du Petit Minou and the Pointe du Portzic to the north and the îlot des Capucins and the Pointe des Espagnols to the south. At each turn of the tide, the ocean refills the roadstead in a current that can attain 4 to 5 knots. Sailing ships would thus wait in the cove of Camaret-sur-Mer for a favourable current to carry them into the goulet.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 48.34 -4.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Fortifications of Brest, France, Geography of Finistère

Île Longue

Île Longue (French for “Long Island”) is a peninsula of the roadstead of Brest. It is the base of the SNLE, the French ballistic missile submarines, and as such one of the most secretive and heavily defended places in France.

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Located at 48.31 -4.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: French naval bases, Geography of Brest, France, Submarine bases

Fort du Mengant

The fort du Mengant or fort du Léon in the commune of Plouzané is part of the defences of the roadstead of Brest. It is made up of a high battery (58m above sea-level), with a now-destroyed artillery tower, and a lower semi-circular battery at the foot of the cliff, with two small powder magzaines. Built by Vauban in 1684, it faces the batterie de cornouaille on the Roscanvel peninsula, built to the same model as the lower part of the fort du Mengant.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 48.35 -4.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Fortifications of Brest, France, Visitor attractions in Finistère