S’Esquena d’Ase
S’Esquena d’Ase is a cape in Balearic Islands, Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Illa del Rei and Colom Island.
Illa del Rei
Islet
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
L'Illa del Rei, also called Hospital Island in English, is a small island in the middle of the main navigable entry channel to Mahon on the northeastern side of Menorca in the Mediterranean Sea.
Colom Island
Island
Photo: Carles garcia-roca, CC BY 2.5 es.
Colom Island is a small island of 143 acres, located about 200 metres from the north-east coast of Menorca. In the past it was used as a pesthouse and later as farmland.
Paleochristian Basilica of l’illa del Rei
Archaeological site
Photo: Pytxy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paleochristian Basilica of l’illa del Rei is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maó and Es Castell.
Maó
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maó is the capital city of Menorca. It has a fine natural harbour, one of the best in the Mediterranean, which was why the British made it the capital following their occupation of 1708.
Es Castell
Village
Es Castell is a town of almost 8,000 people at the mouth of the port of Maó in the east of Menorca. The town takes its name from the Castle of San Felipe, which was built to protect the island against attacks by the Turks in the 16th century.
Sant Lluís
Village
Photo: LucT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sant Lluís is a municipality on the tip of south-east Menorca in the Spanish Balearic Islands. The area is most noteworthy for its varied coastline, with fine sand beaches and cliffs.
S’Esquena d’Ase
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Balearic Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.9235° or 39° 55′ 25″ northLongitude
4.2848° or 4° 17′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8FF6W7FM+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 10860198317OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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