Coast
The Isle of Man has a coastline of 160 km, and claims 12 nm of territorial waters, but only holds exclusive fishing rights in the first 3 miles.
Raad ny Foillan long distance footpath runs 95 miles around the Manx coast.
Read more about this topic: Geography Of The Isle Of Man
Famous quotes containing the word coast:
“Too many Broadway actors in motion pictures lost their grip on success—had a feeling that none of it had ever happened on that sun-drenched coast, that the coast itself did not exist, there was no California. It had dropped away like a hasty dream and nothing could ever have been like the things they thought they remembered.”
—Mae West (1892–1980)
“My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“This coast crying out for tragedy like all beautiful places,”
—Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)