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Distance of 20 km to the west coast of Brittany, the Isle of Ushant traditionally marks the southern entrance of the Channel. This island of Ponant shaped claw is the last stop before the Americas.

It is called the "high island", "Island of terror," "Shipwrecked Island" because the reefs that surround it have caused many shipwrecks. Thus, a proverb says marine

"Who sees Molène sees his sentence,

who sees Ushant sees his blood,

who sees Sein sees his end,

Groix sees who sees his cross. ".

Its location, Ushant is spared of many sources of air pollution, making it an ideal staging area for some species of migratory birds or lost at sea south coast of the island is very rich in vegetation while the north coast is wilder. Trees are relatively few in Ushant. The island is a little cultivated land. However, although set forth the winds and salt air, agriculture gradually returns to its place in the small island.

"The island at the end of the world" has a church, two chapels and as many as eighteen crosses, a total area of 1500 ha. Also noteworthy is the presence of two lighthouses on his land and three lights at sea If you're interested, you can visit the museum of lighthouses and beacons, located on the flagship Créac'h that traces the technological evolution of signaling and presents the maritime history of the construction of lighthouses.