Ponta de Fora

Ponta de Fora is a cape in Azores. Ponta de Fora is situated nearby to the hamlet Porto da Lomba, as well as near the village Caveira.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lagoa da Lomba and Church of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres.

Lagoa da Lomba

Lagoon

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Lagoa da Lomba is a lagoon.

Church of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres

Church

The Church of Santíssima Trindade is an 18th-century church located in the civil parish of Fazenda in the municipality of Lajes das Flores, in the Portuguese island of Flores, in the archipelago of the Azores.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality and Lajes das Flores Municipality.

Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality

Town

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Santa Cruz das Flores is a municipality situated in the north half of the island of Flores, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Situated in the sparsely populated Western Group, the population in 2021 was 2,020 inhabitants in an area that covers approximately 70.91 square kilometres, bordering the southern municipality of Lajes das Flores.

Lajes das Flores Municipality

Town

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Lajes das Flores is a municipality in the western part of the Azores; it includes the southern part of the island of Flores. To the north, it is bordered by Santa Cruz das Flores.

Fajã de Lopo Vaz

Hamlet

Photo: Dreizung, Public domain.

The Fajã de Lopo Vaz is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the southern coast of the civil parish of Lajes, municipality of the same name, island of Flores, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

Ponta de Fora

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

39.41547° or 39° 24′ 56″ north

Longitude

-31.14934° or 31° 8′ 58″ west

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

89FCCV82+57

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6684848991

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

9781355

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