Costa da Morte

Its name in the Galician language is Fisterra, which descends from the Roman legend which held that this area was the end of the world (Finis-terrae).

The Costa da Morte includes Cape Finisterre (Galician: Cabo Fisterra), a rock-bound peninsula in the uttermost west of Galicia, Spain.

Instead, the westernmost landmark in Galicia and Spain is Cabo Touriñán, which is found just to the north of Fisterra.

Fisterra's name, like that of Finistère in Brittany (France), is derived from the Latin word Finisterrae; translating to "Land's End".

This name was coined several centuries ago, when the Romans thought Cape Finisterre was the end of the Earth, as the American continent was unknown to the Western world at the time.