Punta Gallinas

Punta Gallinas is dunes and desert area in the department of . Punta Gallinas is the most northern point of Colombia and South America. Beautiful dunes, desert, exotic beaches and sacred indigenous cultures, Punta Gallinas has a lot to offer.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland in northern Colombia
  • Also known as: “Punta de Gallinas” and “Punta Poinö”

Punta Gallinas

Latitude
12.4585° or 12° 27′ 31″ north
Longitude
-71.6685° or 71° 40′ 7″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
774CF85J+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1181555735
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3682208
Wiki­data ID
Q48454
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Punta Gallinas” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Qalinas burnu”
  • Belarusian: “Галынас”
  • Belarusian: “Гальінас”
  • Belarusian: “Мыс Гальінас”
  • Breton: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Catalan: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Cebuano: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Czech: “Gallinas”
  • Czech: “mys Gallinas”
  • Czech: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Dutch: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Esperanto: “Punta Gallinas”
  • French: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Georgian: “პუნტა-გალინასი”
  • German: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Hungarian: “Gallinas-fok”
  • Hungarian: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Japanese: “ガイナス岬”
  • Kabardian: “Галинас”
  • Kazakh: “Гальинас”
  • Kirghiz: “Гальвнас”
  • Kirghiz: “Гальинас”
  • Latvian: “Galjinasa rags”
  • Lithuanian: “Galjinaso kyšulys”
  • Mingrelian: “პუნტა-გალინასი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Norwegian: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Punta Gallinas”
  • Polish: “Gallinas”
  • Portuguese: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Russian: “Гальинас”
  • Russian: “Мыс Гальинас”
  • Serbian: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Serbian: “Пунта Гаљинас”
  • Spanish: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Swedish: “Punta Gallinas”
  • Ukrainian: “Галіннас”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Галіннас”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Галлінас”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Гальїнас”

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