Ponta da Baleeira
Ponta da Baleeira is a cape in Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District. Ponta da Baleeira is situated nearby to the locality Ponta dos Caminhos, as well as near Cabeça de Nines.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortress of Sagres and Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres).
Fortress of Sagres
Fort
Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fortress of Sagres, also known as Castle of Sagres or Fort of Sagres, is a military structure, located near the Sagres freguesia, in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve region of Portugal.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres)
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sagres Point and Cabo de São Vicente.
Sagres Point
Locality
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sagres Point is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent, which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe.
Cabo de São Vicente
Locality
Photo: Pufacz, Public domain.
Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe.
Ponta da Baleeira
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Ponta da Baleeira (Sagres)”, “Ponta da Baleira”, and “Ponta da Balieira”
- Category: landform
- Location: Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.00865° or 37° 0′ 31″ northLongitude
-8.92517° or 8° 55′ 31″ westElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
8C9H235F+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 8922248519OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2271193
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