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Earth from Space: Morbihan, France
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Morbihan – a French department in the south of Brittany.
Click on the image to explore it in its full 10 m resolution and learn about the features in this stunning landscape.
Brittany is an important cultural region in the northwest of France and is divided into four departments: Ille-et-Vilaine in the east, Côtes d Armor in the north, Finistère in the west and Morbihan in the south.
Morbihan takes its name from ‘Mor-Bihan’ which means ‘little sea’ in the Breton language. The Gulf of Morbihan, visible in the centre of the image, is one of the most famous features of the coastline with numerous islands and islets. The gulf is around 20 km long from east to west and around 15 km wide from north to south. It opens onto the Bay of Quiberon by a narrow passage between Locmariaquer and Port-Navalo.