Ponta do Lobo
Ponta Moreia | |
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  Ponta Moreia | |
| Coordinates: 14°59′55″N 23°25′43″W / 14.9986°N 23.4286°W | |
| Location | near Achada Baleia and Vale da Custa, Eastern Santiago, Cape Verde |
| Offshore water bodies | Atlantic Ocean |
Ponta do Lobo is the eastern point of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde inside the municipality of São Domingos. It is about 2 km northeast of the nearest village, Vale da Custa and southeast of Achada Baleia and is northeast of the capital Praia. It has a small headland. Its length is about 500 meters long east to west and its width is about 200 meters. To the north is Porto Lobo and its bay, there just 100 meters is the 15th parallel north, also further north is the village of Moia Moia.
Its origin of the name is related to the wolves surrounding the area. Cape Verde does not have large wild animals, not even wolves, as there are no wolves in the tropics. The other name origin may be related to a lobe.
About 10 km immediately to the east has a depth of 1,000 meters and that portion forms a part of the Cape Verde Rise. 20–30 km north has the deepest portion being about 3,000 meters below sea level.
During the Ice Age, the point then unnamed was about a kilometer east. Around it has a dirt road.
The island along with the point was first discovered by António da Noli in 1460 and may be the first land feature to be known. Before the eastern part was settled around the early 16th century, shrubs dominated the area its geography of that time is unknown.
The point and its port were mentioned the 1747 French/Dutch map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin.[1]
Lighthouse
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| Location | Ponta do Lobo Santiago Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 14°59′14″N 23°25′49″W / 14.987111°N 23.430306°W |
| Constructed | 1887[2] |
| Foundation | masonry base |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Height | 9 metres (30 ft)[3] |
| Shape | trapezoid prism tower attached ti 1-storey keeper’s house[2] |
| Markings | unpainted tower |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 17 metres (56 ft)[3] |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)[3] |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) W 15s.[3] |
| Cape Verde no. | PT-2125[2] |
Near the point has a homonymous lighthouse located near the point at the elevation of about 10 meters above sea level.[4][5] The lighthouse was built in 1887 and is the island's second oldest. Its class of light is Fl (4) W 15s., its focal height is at 17 meters above sea level and its range extends up to 11 km (6 nmi).
See also
References
- ^ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin; Pieter de Hondt (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
- ^ a b c d "Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ 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. 2016.
- ^ "Ponta do Lobo". Lighthouses in Cape Verde. Direcção Geral da Marinha e Portos (DGMP). Retrieved September 11, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ponta_do_Lobo". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Lighthouse Directory. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
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