Faro District
Vila do Bispo
Sagres

Sagres Point

Sagres Point 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 , which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: cape in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Cape Sagres”, “Promontório de Sagres”, “Promontório Vicentino”, and “Promontorium Sacrum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortress of Sagres and Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres).

Fort
Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Castle of Sagres or Fort of Sagres, is a military structure, located near the freguesia, in the municipality of , in the region of .

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a church.

Work of art
Photo: CTHOE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a work of art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabo de São Vicente.

Locality
Photo: Pufacz, Public domain.
Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of , in the , southern . It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland . is situated 5 km northwest of Sagres Point.

Sagres Point

Latitude
36.99445° or 36° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
-8.9486° or 8° 56′ 55″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8C8HX3V2+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5002738942
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2263648
Wiki­data ID
Q7399372
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Satellite Map

Discover Sagres Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Sagres Point” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ponta de Sagres”
  • Cebuano: “Ponta de Sagres”
  • French: “Pointe de Sagres”
  • Japanese: “サグレス岬”
  • Lithuanian: “Sagreso kyšulys”
  • Polish: “Ponta de Sagres”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo de Sagres”
  • Portuguese: “Ponta de Sagres”
  • Russian: “Сагриш (мыс)”
  • Russian: “Сагриш”
  • Spanish: “Punta de Sagres”
  • Ukrainian: “Священний мис”

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Highlights include Museu da Fortaleza and Sun Set Point.

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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 “Sagres Point”. Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.