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Lizard, Cornwall
Cornwall,
England,United-kingdom - TR12
Detailed description is The Lizard is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at.
The Lizard village, is the most southerly on the British mainland, and is in the civil parish of Landewednack; the most southerly parish.
The valleys of the River Helford and Loe Pool form the northern boundary, with the rest of the peninsula surrounded by sea.
The area measures about 14x.
The Lizard is one of England's natural regions and has been designated as national character area 157 by Natural England.
The peninsula is known for its geology and for its rare plants and lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty .
Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.The name "Lizard" is most probably a corruption of the Cornish name "Lys Ardh", meaning "high court"; it is purely coincidental that much of the peninsula is composed of a rock called serpentinite.
The Lizard peninsula's original name may have been the Celtic name "Predannack" ; during the Iron Age and Roman period, Britain was known as Pretannike and as Albion .
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