Ponta Branca
Ponta Branca is a cape in Porto Santo, Madeira.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pico do Facho and Porto Santo Island.
Pico do Facho
Peak
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pico do Facho is the highest peak on Porto Santo Island, with 517 m in altitude. Its name comes from facho, a light beam created by a bonfire, which was used to signal both the local population and Funchal of pirate ships.
Porto Santo Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porto Santo Island is a Portuguese island and municipality 43 kilometres northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.
Pico do Castelo
Peak
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pico do Castelo is a 437 m high volcano-shaped peak on Porto Santo Island. The peak is covered with conifers and has a panoramic terrace and a picnic spot.
Ponta Branca
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Ponta do Nordeste”
- Category: landform
- Location: Porto Santo, Madeira, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.0994° or 33° 5′ 58″ northLongitude
-16.2959° or 16° 17′ 45″ westOpen location code
8C553PX3+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 9123380770OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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