Ponta do Barril
Ponta do Barril is a headland in the western part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is about 8 km northwest of Tarrafal de São Nicolau and 5 km southwest of the nearest village Praia Branca.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: point in Cape Verde
- Also known as: “Barril” and “Barril, São Nicolau”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Praia Branca and Cachaco.
Praia Branca
Village
Praia Branca is a town in the northwestern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Tarrafal de São Nicolau. Its population at the 2010 census was 521. Praia Branca is situated 5 km northeast of Ponta do Barril.
Cachaco
Village
Cachaço is a settlement in the northwestern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is situated 3 km southwest of Fajã de Baixo and 5 km west of Ribeira Brava. Cachaco is situated 9 km east of Ponta do Barril.
Covoada
Village
Photo: Cleopatrick, CC BY 4.0.
Covoada is a settlement in the northern part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. It is situated 7 km northwest of Ribeira Brava. Covoada is situated 10 km northeast of Ponta do Barril.
Ponta do Barril
- Categories: point and locality
- Location: Tarrafal de São Nicolau Municipality, Cape Verde, Africa
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Latitude
16.60141° or 16° 36′ 5″ northLongitude
-24.41237° or 24° 24′ 45″ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
798QJH2Q+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2447400579OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ponta do Barril” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ponta do Barril”
- Dutch: “Barril, São Nicolau”
- French: “Ponta do Barril”
- German: “Ponta do Barril”
- Portuguese: “Barril (são nicolau)”
- Portuguese: “Barril (São Nicolau)”
- Portuguese: “Berril”
- Portuguese: “Ponta do Barril”
- Swahili: “Barril, São Nicolau”
- Swahili: “Mnara wa taa wa Ponta do Barril”
- Swedish: “Ponta do Barril”
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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 Barril”. Photo: Inisheer, CC BY 2.0.