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Mobile applications for accessing EarthCam's live webcams and for clients to control their private cameras are available for Apple Inc. or Android (operating system) devices. EarthCam and other live webcam services have a huge impact on entertainment and business, allowing for online "travel," meetings, and easy access to knowledge. [1]
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England.Owned by Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd [1] under a 999-year lease from BT Group plc, it was at one time the largest satellite earth station in the world, with more than 30 communication antennas and dishes in use.
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In accordance with gazetteers, Cornish names are in the standard written form approved by the Maga signage panel. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Penwith is believed to be the last part of Cornwall where the Cornish language was spoken as the community language. Dolly Pentreath, popularly known as the last recorded speaker of Cornish, is often reported as being from Mousehole and as having a memorial in the village. In fact, she was from Paul (the parish of Paul historically included ...
Map of SSSIs in Cornwall within the UK St Michael's Mount, a SSSI in west Cornwall There are 167 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly ). Cornwall , in the south-west of England, UK, has a population of 575,413 (2022) across an area of 3,545 km 2 (875,988.6 acres), making it one of the least ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall: Cornwall – ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea , [ 1 ] to the south by the English Channel , and to the east by the county of Devon , over ...
The population of Cornwall is greater in the less extensive west of the county than the east due to Bodmin Moor's location; however the larger part of the population live in rural areas. It is the only county in England bordered by only one other county, Devon , and is the 9th largest county by area, encompassing 3,563 km 2 (1,376 mi 2 ).
There are separate AONBs covering the Tamar Valley (which is partly in Cornwall and partly in Devon—the east bank of the river Tamar forms the boundary between Cornwall/Kernow and Devon), and the Isles of Scilly, which is administered for most purposes separately to Cornwall.