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Land's End is a headland and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England. It is the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England, is within the Penwith peninsula and is about eight miles west-southwest of Penzance at the starting and finishing point of the A30 road. There are two varieties of granite represented at Land's End. Adjacent to the hotel the granite is coarse-grained with large phenocrysts of orthoclase, sometimes more than 5 in in lengt h. To the north, at the First and Last House. Source
Tahiti is the
largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia; an overseas
collectivity of the French Republic, sometimes referred to as an overseas
country. Tahiti is the economic, cultural and political centre of
French Polynesia. The capital of the collectivity, Pape'ete, is located on the
northwest coast with the only international airport in the region, situated 5 km from the town centre. Tahiti was originally
settled. Source
Tuscany is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contain well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Source
Napa County is a county located north of San Pablo Bay in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 136,484. The county seat is Napa. Napa County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Lake County in 1861.Napa County comprises the Napa, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is one of four North Bay counties. Source
Sunset, Arizona was a town in Navajo County, Arizona located about four miles north-west of Winslow, Arizona. It was settled in 1876 by a group of Latter-day Saints under the direction of Lot Smith. It ceased being a town by 1884 and the last settlers moved out in 1888. Sunset was one of four Little Colorado River colonies. The other colonies were Joseph City, Brigham City, and Obed. Joseph City is the only remaining colony. Source
