Cabo Girão
Cabo Girão is a lofty sea cliff located along the southern coast of the island of Madeira, in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, geographically part of Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 527 metres
- Description: protected area in Madeira, Portugal
- Also known as: “Cabo Girao Skywalk Madeira” and “Cape Garajao”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Madeira Printing Press Museum and Câmara Municipal de Câmara de Lobos.
Câmara Municipal de Câmara de Lobos
Town hall
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Câmara Municipal de Câmara de Lobos is a town hall, which is situated 2½ km east of Cabo Girão.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quinta Grande and Fajã dos Padres.
Quinta Grande
Village
Photo: Mark Woodbury, CC BY 2.0.
Quinta Grande, created on 24 July 1848, is one of the five civil parishes that constitute the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal.
Estreito de Câmara de Lobos
Town
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Estreito de Câmara de Lobos is a civil parish in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the archipelago of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 10,629, in an area of 7.87 km². Estreito de Câmara de Lobos is situated 3 km northeast of Cabo Girão.
Cabo Girão
- Categories: site of community importance, Natura 2000 site, cape, scenic viewpoint, and landform
- Location: Quinta Grande, Câmara de Lobos Municipality, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Spanish—“Cabo Girão” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Cabo Girão”
- Basque: “Girão lurmuturra”
- Cebuano: “Cabo Girão”
- Czech: “Cabo Girão”
- Dutch: “Cabo Girão”
- French: “Cap Girao”
- French: “cap Girão”
- French: “Cap Girão”
- German: “Cabo Girao”
- German: “Cabo Girão”
- German: “Kap der Umkehr”
- Hungarian: “Cabo Girão”
- Italian: “Cabo Girão”
- Japanese: “ジラン岬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cabo Girão”
- Norwegian: “Cabo Girão”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Girão”
- Romanian: “Cabo Girão”
- Russian: “Кабу-Жиран”
- Spanish: “Cabo Girão”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Câmara do Bispo and Câmara de Lobos.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pico do Galo do Facho and Faja dos Padres.
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