Africa
Cape Verde
São Vicente Municipality

Porto Grande Bay

Porto Grande Bay, also Mindelo Bay, is a bay on the north coast of the island of , . The main city of São Vicente, , is situated at the bay.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Mindelo Bay”, “Porto Grande”, “Pôrto Grande de Saõ Vicente”, and “Porto Grande, Cape Verde”
Photo: Inisheer, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortim d’El-Rei and Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena.

Photo: Manuel de Sousa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fortim d'El Rei is a fort in , in the island of , . It is located on a hill north of the city centre, in the neighbourhood Fortinho.

Stadium
is a multi-use stadium in Mindelo, Cape Verde. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Derby as well as CS Mindelense, Académica, GD Amarantes and Batuque FC and the lesser club of Corinthians São Vicente.

Park
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also popularly known as Praça Nova, is an important square of the city of , , . It is located in the northern part of the city center of Mindelo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mindelo and Alto Miramar.

Photo: Kogo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is on the island of . is the cultural capital of Cape Verde. You'll hear traditional music commonly played in bars and restaurants around town.

Suburb
Photo: Kotoviski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a subdivision of the city of in the island of , . Its population was 524 at the 2010 census. It is situated directly northeast of the city centre.

Suburb
Photo: Manuel de Sousa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a subdivision of the city of in the island of , . Its population was 3,956 at the 2010 census. It borders the city centre to the northwest and to the north.

Porto Grande Bay

Latitude
16.88319° or 16° 52′ 60″ north
Longitude
-25.00289° or 25° 0′ 10″ west
Open location code
798PVXMW+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4752310401
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3374567
Wiki­data ID
Q7232156
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Satellite Map

Discover Porto Grande Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Porto Grande Bay” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “badia de Porto Grande”
  • Catalan: “Badia de Porto Grande”
  • Cebuano: “Porto Grande (luuk)”
  • Cebuano: “Porto Grande”
  • Chinese: “格蘭港 (維德角)”
  • Chinese: “格蘭港”
  • French: “Porto Grande”
  • Italian: “Porto Grande”
  • Japanese: “ポルト・グランデ”
  • Japanese: “ミンデロ湾”
  • Polish: “Baía do Porto Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Baía do Porto Grande”
  • Swedish: “Porto Grande (vik)”
  • Venetian: “Porto Grande”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cruise Ship dock and Porto Grande-São Vicente.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leopard and Campo de Futebol Campinho/Dji d´Sal.

Cape Verde: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Praia, Cidade Velha, Mindelo, and Tarrafal.

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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 “Porto Grande Bay”. Photo: Kogo, GFDL.