Ponta Leste (also: Ponta Calheta) is the easternmost point of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.[3] 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").[4] It was sometimes known as East Point in English.
Ponta Leste | |
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  Ponta Leste | |
| Coordinates: 16°34′12″N 24°00′29″W / 16.570°N 24.008°W | |
| Location | Eastern São Nicolau, Cape Verde near Carriçal |
| Offshore water bodies | Atlantic Ocean |
| Ponta Leste Lighthouse Ponta Calheta | |
| Coordinates | 16°34′9″N 24°0′37″W / 16.56917°N 24.01028°W |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Height | 3 metres (9.8 ft)[1] |
| Shape | white column with red lantern[1] |
| Power source | solar power  |
| Focal height | 73 metres (240 ft)[1] |
| Range | 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) W 10s.[1] |
| Cape Verde no. | PT-2050[2] |
Lighthouse
editThere is a lighthouse on the headland, focal height 73 metres, range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi).[1]
See also
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 26
- ^ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
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