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Ponta Leste

Coordinates: 16°34′12″N 24°00′29″W / 16.570°N 24.008°W / 16.570; -24.008
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Ponta Leste
Ponta Leste is located in Cape Verde
Ponta Leste
Ponta Leste
Coordinates: 16°34′12″N 24°00′29″W / 16.570°N 24.008°W / 16.570; -24.008
LocationEastern São Nicolau, Cape Verde near Carriçal
Offshore water bodiesAtlantic Ocean

Ponta Leste (also: Ponta Calheta) is the easternmost point of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.[1] It is 8 km east of Carriçal and 30 km east of Ribeira Brava. The point was mentioned in a map in a 1747 atlas collection by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as "Oost-Hoek" (Dutch), "Pointe de l'Est" (French").[2] It was sometimes known as East Point in English.

Lighthouse

Ponta Leste Lighthouse
Ponta Calheta
Map
LocationPonta Leste
São Nicolau
Cape Verde
Coordinates16°34′9″N 24°0′37″W / 16.56917°N 24.01028°W / 16.56917; -24.01028
Foundationconcrete base
Height3 metres (9.8 ft)[3]
Shapewhite column with red lantern[3]
Light
Focal height73 metres (240 ft)[3]
Light sourcesolar power
Range11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)[3]
CharacteristicFl (4) W 10s.[3]
Cape Verde no.PT-2050[4]

There is a lighthouse on the headland, focal height 73 metres, range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 26
  2. ^ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
  3. ^ a b c d e f List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2018. p. 426.
  4. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.