Cap de la Chèvre

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Crozon Peninsula
Cap de la Chèvre
Cap de la Chèvre
Heathland at the Cap de la Chèvre

The Cap de la Chèvre ( Breton : Beg Penn ar Roz ; German: Cape of the Ziege / Ziegenkap ) is a headland at the southern end of the Crozon peninsula in the Finistère department in Brittany . The cape is less spectacular than Pointe de Penhir or Pointe de Dinan , but offers a good view of these two and across the Baie de Douarnenez to Cap Sizun with the Pointe du Van .

Large heather areas invite you to hike along the picturesque cliffs. Quarry stone walls secure loose rock and rubble. The strongly changing water depths and the subsoil (rock / sand) result in an impressive play of colors in the water. The proximity of the Gulf Stream creates an almost Mediterranean flora in sheltered bays.

At the foot of the peninsula, at the tip of which is the Cap, are the seaside resort of Morgat, the Morgat caves, the rock enclosure Ty-ar-C'huré and the main town of Crozon. Five kilometers south of Crozon, before the hamlet of the same name, lies the Rostudel dolmen .

During the Second World War , the German Navy installed an artillery battery with four 15 cm guns here, the remains of which can still be seen today.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '12.4 "  N , 4 ° 33' 30.7"  W.