Faro District
Vila do Bispo
Sagres

Cabo de São Vicente

Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of , in the , southern . It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: headland
  • Also known as: “Cabo de Sao Vicente”, “Cape Saint Vicente”, “Cape Saint Vincent”, “Cape St. Vincent”, and “Promontorium Sacrum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lighthouse of Cabo de São Vicente and Praia do Beliche.

Lighthouse
Photo: Dogpochi, CC BY 3.0.
The is a beacon/lighthouse located along the coastal peninsula of Sagres Point in the civil parish of , in the municipality of the .

Beach
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a beach, which is situated 3 km east of Cabo de São Vicente.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sagres Point.

Locality
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest region of southern . Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent, which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe. is situated 5 km southeast of Cabo de São Vicente.

Cabo de São Vicente

Latitude
37.02262° or 37° 1′ 21″ north
Longitude
-8.99661° or 8° 59′ 48″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8C9H22F3+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5003941303
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2263194
Wiki­data ID
Q4103
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Cabo de São Vicente” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Cabu de San Vicente”
  • Asturian: “Cabu de São Vicente”
  • Basque: “San Bizente”
  • Belarusian: “Мыс Сан-Вісенты”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Вісенты”
  • Breton: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Breton: “Kab Sant Visant”
  • Breton: “Kab Sant-Visant”
  • Catalan: “cap de Sao Vicente”
  • Catalan: “cap de São Vicente”
  • Catalan: “Cap de São Vicente”
  • Cebuano: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Chinese: “圣维森特角”
  • Czech: “mys svatého Vincence”
  • Czech: “Mys svatého Vincence”
  • Czech: “mys svatého Vincenta”
  • Danish: “Kap Sankt Vincent”
  • Dutch: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Dutch: “Kaap Sint-Vincent”
  • Esperanto: “Kabo de Sankta Vincento”
  • Estonian: “São Vicente neem”
  • Finnish: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • French: “cap Saint-Vincent”
  • French: “Cap Saint-Vincent”
  • Galician: “Cabo de San Vicente”
  • Galician: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • German: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • German: “Kap Sankt Vinzenz”
  • German: “Kap St. Vincent”
  • Hebrew: “כף סנט וינסנט”
  • Indonesian: “Tanjung st. vincent”
  • Indonesian: “Tanjung St. Vincent”
  • Italian: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Italian: “Capo di San Vincenzo”
  • Japanese: “サン・ヴィセンテ岬”
  • Latvian: “Sanvisenti rags”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Vincento kyšulys”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp St. Vincent”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp St. Vincent”
  • Norwegian: “Kapp St. Vincent”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Świętego Wincentego”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Russian: “мыс Святого Викентия”
  • Russian: “мыс Сент-Винсент”
  • Russian: “Сан-Висенте”
  • Russian: “Сан-Висенти”
  • Slovak: “Mys svätého Vincenta”
  • Slovenian: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Spanish: “cabo de San Vicente”
  • Spanish: “Cabo de San Vicente”
  • Swedish: “Kap Sankt Vincent”
  • Turkish: “Cabo de São Vicente”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис святого Вікентія”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Сен-Вінсент”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cabo de São Vicente”. Photo: Pufacz, Public domain.