Finisterre

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Finisterre may mean:

[edit] The Atlantic

  • Cape Finisterre, the headland that is the westernmost point in Spain.
  • FitzRoy, a sea area on the United Kingdom Shipping Forecast formerly known as Finisterre which was renamed in 2002 to avoid confusion with the Spanish headland.

[edit] Music

  • Finisterre (Saint Etienne), an album from the band Saint Etienne , and a subsequent film based around footage of London filmed for use at the band's concerts of the time.
  • Finisterre (band), an Italian progressive rock group led by Fabio Zuffanti

[edit] Other

  • Finisterre Range, a mountain range in Papua New Guinea
  • Finisterre (poetry), a 1943 poetry collection by Italian author Eugenio Montale.
  • Finisterre (poem), a poem by Sylvia Plath.
  • Finisterre (yacht), a sailing yacht renowned for its racing record in the 1950s.
  • Finisterre universe, a fictional universe created by American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh.
  • A character in Portland Bill (cartoon)
  • Finisterre was the word used on ancient maps to indicate land's end, or edge of the earth
  • Finisterre, a company specialising in Technical Apparel for the Surfer, based in St Agnes, Cornwall. Finisterre
  • Finisterre Capital, a Hedge Fund manager specialising in Emerging Markets Finisterre Capital
  • FV Finisterre a crabber lost at St. Ives, Cornwall in 1946.

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