Punta Carnero
Punta Carnero is a headland on the coast of Spain, near the city of Algeciras, where the eastern end of Gallows Hill descends 200 metres to meet the Mediterranean Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Point
- Description: Coastal village and district of the municipality of Algeciras of the Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. It looks across the Bay of Gibraltar to the rock of Gibraltar
- Also known as: “Punta Carnero, Spain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Punta Carnero Lighthouse and Fuerte de San García.
Punta Carnero Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Punta Carnero Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the headland known as Punta Carnero to the south of Algeciras, Spain. The lighthouse was designed and built by Jaime Font, who also designed the lighthouse at Chipiona.
Fuerte de San García
Fort
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Fuerte de San García was a fort in Algeciras, Spain, It was built in the 1730s and destroyed in 1811 to deny it to the French. Today all that remains are the foundation and base ruins, in the Parque del Centenario, but it is a registered Bien de Interés… Fuerte de San García is situated 3½ km north of Punta Carnero.
Parque del Centenario
Park
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The Parque del Centenario is a park located in Algeciras. It was established in 2007 thanks to the collaboration between the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras and City Hall to mark the hundredth anniversary of the Algeciras Conference. Parque del Centenario is situated 3½ km north of Punta Carnero.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Pelayo and South Mole.
El Pelayo
Hamlet
El Pelayo or Pelayo is a village in the municipality of Algeciras in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain, It is located 7 miles southwest from the city centre, along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at Tarifa, which is 14 kilometres away. El Pelayo is situated 7 km west of Punta Carnero.
South Mole
Locality
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The South Mole is a breakwater located in the southern section of Gibraltar Harbour, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. South Mole is situated 8 km northeast of Punta Carnero.
Windmill Hill
Locality
Windmill Hill or Windmill Hill Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Windmill Hill is situated 8 km northeast of Punta Carnero.
Punta Carnero
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Punta Carnero” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بونتا كارنيرو”
- Cebuano: “Punta del Carnero”
- Japanese: “プンタ・カルネロ”
- Macedonian: “Пунта Карнеро (Шпанија)”
- Macedonian: “Пунта Карнеро”
- Portuguese: “Ponta do Carneiro”
- Spanish: “Punta Carnero (Espana)”
- Spanish: “Punta Carnero”
- Swedish: “Punta del Carnero”
- Ukrainian: “Пунта-Карнеро (Іспанія)”
- Ukrainian: “Пунта-Карнеро”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Carnero Point Light and Isla Cabrita.
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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 Wikipedia page “Punta Carnero”. Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.