Ponta do Sol
Ponta do Sol is a headland located in the northwest of the island of Boa Vista. Cape Verde. It is the island's northernmost point. The town Sal Rei is approximately 6 km to the south, and the hill Vigia is 2 km to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vigia and Chapel of Our Lady of Fatima.
Vigia
Scenic viewpoint
Vigia is a low mountain in the northwestern part of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. Its elevation is 146 m. It is situated 4 km north of the island capital Sal Rei, and 2 km south of the headland Ponta do Sol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sal Rei.
Sal Rei
Town
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the seat of the Boa Vista Municipality.
Ponta do Sol
- Type: Cape
- Description: northernmost point of Boa Vista island, Cape Verde
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Boa Vista Municipality, Cape Verde, Africa
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Latitude
16.2299° or 16° 13′ 48″ northLongitude
-22.9096° or 22° 54′ 35″ westOpen location code
798V63HR+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3377771818OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3374182Wikidata ID
Q7228058
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Ponta do Sol” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ponta do Sol”
- Cebuano: “Ponta do Sol”
- Portuguese: “Ponta do Sol”
- Swedish: “Ponta do Sol (udde i Kap Verde, Boa Vista)”
- Swedish: “Ponta do Sol”
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Highlights include Lajão and Farol Ponta do Sol.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Ponta do Sol”. Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.