Coverack

For the schooner, see Coverack (schooner).

50°01′N 5°06′W / 50.017°N 5.100°W / 50.017; -5.100

Coverack from above the harbour. The collapse of the sea wall at picture centre happened during the 18 July 2017 flood.

Coverack (Cornish: Porthkovrek,[1] meaning cove of the stream) is a coastal village and fishing port in Cornwall, UK. It lies in the parish of St Keverne, on the east side of the Lizard peninsula about nine miles (14 km) south of Falmouth.[2]

Coverack has several hotels and a youth hostel.[3] The area is a centre for watersports, particularly wind surfing, sailing and diving. The nearby rocks known as the Manacles have been the site of many shipwrecks and as a consequence are now a favourite diving destination.

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  3. ^ A magnificent staircase salvaged from the wreck of the SS Mohegan on The Manacles stands in Coverack youth hostel, at Parc Behan, School Hill, Coverack.