Porto Santo Island

Porto Santo Island is a island and municipality 43 kilometres northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Madeira, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Porto Santo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pico do Castelo and Central Eléctrica do Porto Santo.

Peak
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 437 m high volcano-shaped peak on . The peak is covered with conifers and has a panoramic terrace and a picnic spot.

Power station
Photo: DarwIn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a power station.

Church
Photo: DarwIn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Porto Santo Island

Latitude
33.07493° or 33° 4′ 30″ north
Longitude
-16.34674° or 16° 20′ 48″ west
Population
5,480
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
IATA airport code
PXO
United Nations Location Code
PT PXO
Open location code
8C553MF3+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13761335149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2264401
Wiki­data ID
Q14206042
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Satellite Map

Discover Porto Santo Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“Porto Santo Island” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Porto Santo”
  • Basque: “Porto Santo uhartea”
  • Bulgarian: “Порто Санто”
  • Catalan: “Porto Santo”
  • Cebuano: “Ilha de Porto Santo”
  • Chinese: “圣港岛”
  • Czech: “Porto Santo (ostrov)”
  • Czech: “Porto Santo”
  • Dutch: “Porto Santo (eiland)”
  • Dutch: “Porto Santo”
  • Finnish: “Porto Santo”
  • French: “île de Porto Santo”
  • French: “Porto-Santo”
  • Galician: “Porto Santo”
  • German: “Porto Santo”
  • Greek: “Πόρτο Σάντο”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Porto Santo”
  • Italian: “Porto Santo”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・サント島”
  • Lombard: “Porto Santo”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Porto Santo”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Porto Santo”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Santo”
  • Russian: “Порту-Санту (остров)”
  • Russian: “Порту-Санту”
  • Slovenian: “Ilha de Porto Santo”
  • Spanish: “Porto Santo”
  • Swedish: “Porto Santo”
  • Turkish: “Porto Santo Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Порту-Санту”

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Notable Places Nearby

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