Beyond the ría de Muros e Noia, and particularly to the north of Fisterra, is a section of rough, varied coastline. Amidst straight sections joining large sandbanks such as Carnota, Razo, O Rostro and Baldaio, there rise sharp cliffs, such as Cabo Vilán and Roncudo, or small estuaries like Corcubión, Camariñas and Corme e Laxe. On the coastal front, very close to land there are islands like the Sisargas.
The name of Costa da Morte comes from the tragic fact that hundreds of ships have run aground on its stony depths and have been buried by the waters, which has made a stream of legends on shipwrecks last in collective memory.
