Punta de Sant Carles
Punta de Sant Carles is a cape in Es Castell, Balearic Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Philip’s Castle and Illa del Rei.
St. Philip’s Castle
Museum
Photo: SSANTY, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Philip's Castle was a fortress guarding the entrance to the port of Mahón. It is located in the municipality of Es Castell, on the island of Menorca.
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.
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.
Punta de Sant Carles
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Es Castell, Balearic Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.8647° or 39° 51′ 53″ northLongitude
4.3075° or 4° 18′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8FF6V874+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 10860198362OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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