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Lizard Point, Cornwall. / 49.9591; -5.2065. Lizard Point (from Cornish an Lysardh 'the high court') in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston. [ 1]
Lizard Point Lizard Point. The Lizard (Cornish: An Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at SW 701115; Lizard village, also known as The Lizard, is the most southerly on the British mainland, and is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish.
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians ), encompassing over 7,000 species, [ 1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The grouping is paraphyletic as some lizards are more closely related to snakes than they are to other ...
Protected areas of Queensland. Lizard Island, also known as Jiigurru or Dyiigurra, is an island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, 1,624-kilometre (1,009 mi) northwest of Brisbane. It is part of the Lizard Island Group that also includes Palfrey Island, and also part of the Lizard Island National Park.
Komodo National Park ( Indonesian: Taman Nasional Komodo) is a national park in Indonesia located within the Lesser Sunda Islands in the border region between the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. The park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Padar and Rinca, and 26 smaller ones, with a total area of 1,733 km 2 (603 ...
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes ( / sɜːrˈpɛntiːz / ). [ 2] Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads ...
Designated. 9 October 1984. Reference no. 1328497. The Lizard Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, built to guide vessels passing through the English Channel. It was often the welcoming beacon to persons returning to England, where on a clear night, the reflected light could be seen 100 mi (160 km) away.
Lizard Point. Lizard Point may refer to: Lizard Point, Cornwall, the southernmost point on the British mainland. Lizard Point (Queensland), a rock outcrop in Australia. Lizard Point, Antarctica, on the Beardmore Glacier. "Lizard Point" (composition), an instrumental by Brian Eno, on the album Ambient 4: On Land.