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  2. Cassis - Wikipedia

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    Port-Miou calanque in Cassis View of the Cassis Harbour. The town is situated on the Mediterranean coast, about 20 kilometres (12 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) east of Marseille. Cap Canaille, 394 metres (1,293 feet), between Cassis and La Ciotat ("the civitas") is one of the highest maritime bluffs in Europe, a sailor's landmark for millennia.

  3. Calanques National Park - Wikipedia

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    Calanques National Park (French: Parc national des Calanques) is a French national park located on the Mediterranean coast in Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France.It was established in 2012 and extends over 520 km 2 (201 sq mi), of which 85 km 2 (33 sq mi) is land, while the remaining is marine area. [1]

  4. Cassini map - Wikipedia

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    Versailles on the Cassini map. The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Cassini IV) in the 1700s.

  5. Calanque - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Calanques between Marseille and La Ciotat, France The Calanque de Sugiton is the largest located within the city limits of Marseille. A calanque (French:, "inlet"; Corsican: calanca, plural calanche or calanchi; Occitan: calanca, plural calancas) is a narrow, steep-walled inlet that is developed in limestone, dolomite, or other carbonate strata and found along the Mediterranean coast.

  6. Massif des Calanques - Wikipedia

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    The Calanque de Sugiton in the Massif des Calanques. The Massif des Calanques (French pronunciation: [masif de kalɑ̃k]) is a wild and rugged terrain stretching from the ninth arrondissement of Marseille to the east towards Cassis, spanning 20 km in length and 4 km in width along the coast.

  7. Cap Canaille - Wikipedia

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    Cap Canaille (French pronunciation: [kap kanaj]) is a headland in Calanques National Park in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in Southern France, on the Mediterranean coast between the towns of Cassis and La Ciotat. It is about 27 km (16 mi) southeast of the city centre of Marseille. At 394 m (1,293 ft), it is the highest sea cliff of France.

  8. French Riviera - Wikipedia

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    Following D-Day in Normandy, Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil), the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France, commenced on 15 August 1944, when American parachute troops landed near Fréjus, and a fleet landed 60,000 troops of the American Seventh Army and French First Army between Cavalaire and Agay, east of Saint-Raphaël.

  9. List of bays of France - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Cassis Bay Baie de Cassis ... Baie de Fort-de-France Martinique: Fort-de-France