Cape Espichel
Cape Espichel is a cape situated on the western coast of the civil parish of Castelo, municipality of Sesimbra, in the Portuguese district of Setúbal, at the very southwestern corner of the Setubal Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: protected area in Portugal
- Also known as: “Cabo Espichel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Espichel Lighthouse and Ermida da Memória.
Cape Espichel Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Sacavem, Public domain.
Cape Espichel Lighthouse is situated on the western coast of the civil parish of Castelo, municipality of Sesimbra, in the Setúbal district of Portugal. The lighthouse was built in 1790.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Cabo
Church
Photo: Sacavem, Public domain.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Cabo is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Azóia.
Azóia
Hamlet
Azóia is a town in the municipality of Sesimbra, parish of Castelo, near Cabo Espichel. As of 2015, Azoia had a population of 219, with 110 males and 109 females. Azóia is situated 3½ km northeast of Cape Espichel.
Cape Espichel
- Categories: Special Protection Area, Natura 2000 site, headland, and cape
- Location: Castelo, Sesimbra, Setúbal District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.41397° or 38° 24′ 50″ northLongitude
-9.22217° or 9° 13′ 20″ westOpen location code
8CCGCQ7H+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3913744843OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
Discover Cape Espichel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Cape Espichel” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Espichel lurmuturra”
- Bulgarian: “Еспишел”
- Catalan: “Espichel”
- Cebuano: “Cabo Espichel”
- Chinese: “埃什皮谢尔角”
- Dutch: “Cabo Espichel”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Espichel”
- French: “Cabo Espichel”
- French: “Cap Espichel”
- German: “Cabo Espichel”
- Hungarian: “Espichel-fok”
- Indonesian: “Cabo Espichel”
- Italian: “Cabo Espichel”
- Lithuanian: “Ešpišelo kyšulys”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cabo Espichel”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Espichel”
- Romanian: “Cabo Espichel”
- Spanish: “Cabo Espichel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Altios and Alto da Fonte Nova.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garganta do Cabo and Plataforma para peça de artilharia de defesa da costa.
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