Porto Santo Island
Porto Santo is the northernmost and easternmost island in Portugal's Madeira archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The only significant settlement on the island is the town of "Vila Baleira".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pico do Castelo and Forte de São José.
Pico do Castelo
Peak
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pico do Castelo is a 437 m high volcano-shaped peak on Porto Santo Island. The peak is covered with conifers and has a panoramic terrace and a picnic spot.
Porto Santo Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Ilha de Porto Santo”
- Category: landform
- Location: Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Porto Santo Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Porto Santo”
- Dutch: “Porto Santo”
- Finnish: “Porto Santo”
- French: “Porto-Santo”
- German: “Porto Santo”
- Greek: “Πόρτο Σάντο”
- Italian: “Porto Santo”
- Portuguese: “Porto Santo”
- Spanish: “Porto Santo”
- Swedish: “Porto Santo”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Porto Santo Airport and Porto da Fonte de Areia.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Porto Santo Island”. Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.