Ursa

Ursa is a locality in , . Ursa is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ursa Beach and Caneiro Beach.

Beach
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Beach
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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The is a beacon/lighthouse located 165 metres above the Atlantic Ocean, on Portugal's most westerly extent. It is located in the civil parish of , in the municipality of , situated on a promontory made up of granite boulders and interspersed limestone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabo da Roca and Almoçageme.

Locality
Photo: François Philipp, CC BY 2.0.
Sintra is a town in , , . Its spectacular setting, 28 km from , houses a Royal Palace, used by generations of Portuguese royalty prior to the 1910 revolution.

Neighborhood
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is a village on the Portuguese municipality of and in the Freguesia of . The name is obviously Arab in origin – the Iberian peninsula is packed with Muslim toponyms that are a legacy of the five hundred years the Moors stayed over.

Hamlet
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is a village in the municipality of in the southwest of the district of Lisbon, Portugal. lies 1 km from the , the most westerly point of the European continent, which makes it the westernmost village on the European continent.

Ursa

Latitude
38.79216° or 38° 47′ 32″ north
Longitude
-9.49308° or 9° 29′ 35″ west
Open location code
8CCGQGR4+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9272856083
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­hill
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
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