Cabo Polonio
Cabo Polonio is a hamlet located in the eastern coast of Uruguay in the Rocha Department. It is located in one of the country's SNAP areas and is notable for its natural features.Photo: libertinus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 128 residents
- Description: hamlet in Rocha, Uruguay
- Also known as: “Faro de Polonio”, “Faro del Polonio”, and “Polonio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cabo Polonio Lighthouse.
Cabo Polonio Lighthouse
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cabo Polonio Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the headland of Cabo Polonio, Rocha Department, Uruguay, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It was erected in 1881.
Cabo Polonio
- Categories: cape, balneario, and locality
- Location: Castillos, Rocha Department, Atlantic Coast, Uruguay, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.4029° or 34° 24′ 10″ southLongitude
-53.7825° or 53° 46′ 57″ westPopulation
128Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
48Q8H6W8+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 440375646OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3443496Wikidata ID
Q1024895
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Cabo Polonio” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cabo Polonio”
- Cebuano: “Cabo Polonio”
- Dutch: “Cabo Polonio”
- French: “Cabo Polonio”
- French: “cap Polonio”
- German: “Cabo Polonio”
- Hebrew: “קאבו פולוניו”
- Italian: “cabo polonio”
- Japanese: “ポロニオ岬”
- Korean: “카보 폴로니오”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cabo Polonio”
- Norwegian: “Cabo Polonio”
- Portuguese: “Cabo polonio”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Polonio”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cabo Polonio”
- Spanish: “Cabo Polonio”
- Swedish: “Cabo Polonio”
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