Ponta do Sinó is the southernmost point of the island of Sal in Cape Verde.[1] It lies 2 km southwest of Santa Maria city centre. The area north of the headland is a protected area: nature reserve Ponta do Sinó, at the edge of a large tourism development zone.[2] There is a lighthouse on the headland, Farol da Ponta do Sinó, built in 1892.[3][4]
Ponta do Sinó | |
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.jpg) The lighthouse and the headland facing about southwest and the point | |
  Ponta do Sinó | |
| Coordinates: 16°35′06″N 22°55′16″W / 16.5851°N 22.921°W | |
| Location | Southern Sal, Cape Verde near Santa Maria |
| Offshore water bodies | Atlantic Ocean |
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 26
- ^ Reservas Naturais, Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2018. p. 426.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 15 August 2018.