Ponta de São Lourenço
Ponta de São Lourenço is the easternmost point of the island of Madeira. It is inside the town of Caniçal and forms a part of the municipality of Machico.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Miradouro da Ponta do Rosto.
Miradouro da Ponta do Rosto
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Karelj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Miradouro da Ponta do Rosto is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 1 km northwest of Ponta de São Lourenço.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quinta do Lorde and Caniçal.
Caniçal
Town
Photo: Zarco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caniçal is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 3,924, in an area of 11.85 km2. Caniçal is situated 3½ km west of Ponta de São Lourenço.
Ponta de São Lourenço
- Type: Observation point
- Description: protected area in Portugal
- Categories: peninsula, partial reserve, protected area, geosite of Madeira, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Caniçal, Machico Municipality, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ponta de São Lourenço” goes by many names.
- Basque: “San Lourenzo lurmuturra”
- Catalan: “Punta de Sant Llorenç”
- Cebuano: “Punta de San Lorenzo”
- Czech: “Ponta de Săo Lourenço”
- Czech: “Ponta de São Lourenço”
- Dutch: “Ponta de Sao Lourenco”
- Dutch: “Ponta de São Lourenço”
- Finnish: “Ponta de São Lourenço”
- French: “Pointe Saint-Laurent”
- French: “Ponta de São Lourenço”
- Galician: “Punta de San Lourenzo”
- German: “Ponta de São Lourenço”
- Hungarian: “Szent Lőrinc-félsziget (Madeira)”
- Hungarian: “Szent Lőrinc-félsziget”
- Portuguese: “Ponta de S. Lourenço”
- Portuguese: “Ponta de São Lourenço”
- Spanish: “Punta de San Lorenzo”
- Swedish: “Punta de San Lorenzo”
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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 “Ponta de São Lourenço”. Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.