Whale Lookout
Whale Lookout is a tower in Capelo, Horta Municipality. Whale Lookout is situated nearby to the cave Gruta do Cabeço do Canto, as well as near the museum Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capelinhos Lighthouse and Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre.
Capelinhos Lighthouse
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The Lighthouse of Ponta dos Capelinhos, or alternately Lighthouse of Capelinhos, is a former beacon/lighthouse located along the coastal peninsula of Ponta dos Capelinhos and Costa Nau, in the civil parish of Capelo, on the island of Faial in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Capelinhos Lighthouse is situated 730 metres west of Whale Lookout.
Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre
Museum
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre is a museum, which is situated 680 metres west of Whale Lookout.
Capelinhos
Volcano
Photo: Marlene Angeja, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Capelinhos is a monogenetic volcano located on the western coast of Faial Island in the Azores. It is part of the larger volcanic complex of Capelo, which includes 20 scoria cones and lava fields that are aligned west-northwest to east-southeast from the Caldeira Volcano caldera.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capelo and Praia do Norte.
Capelo
Village
Photo: Marlene Angeja, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capelo is a freguesia in the municipality of Horta on the island of Faial in the Azorean archipelago. The population in 2011 was 486, in an area of 26.64 km2. Capelo is situated 3 km southeast of Whale Lookout.
Praia do Norte
Village
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Praia do Norte is a civil parish of the municipality of Horta, located along the northern coast between Cedros and Capelo, on the Portuguese island of Faial, in the archipelago of the Azores. Praia do Norte is situated 5 km east of Whale Lookout.
Whale Lookout
- Type: Tower
- Also known as: “Observação de Cetáceos”
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Capelo, Horta Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.5989° or 38° 35′ 56″ northLongitude
-28.81814° or 28° 49′ 5″ westOpen location code
89CHH5XJ+HPOpenStreetMap ID
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historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
“Whale Lookout” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Vigia Baleeira”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gruta do Cabeço do Canto and Whale Lookout.
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