List of beaches of Cape Verde

This article is a list of beaches in Cape Verde. Cape Verde are one of the nations in West Africa that the majority of its beaches are small. As most of the beaches in West Africa are large and long and mainly not numerous. Cape Verde may possess the most number of small and tiny beaches in West Africa, small long beaches are in the east of the island and parts of the northwest, the rest are small in areas where they are more mountainous.

Praia da Gamboa on the island of Santiago

Praia Grande on the island of São Vicente

Praia de Santa Maria on the island of Sal with its lighthouse named Ponta do Sinó

Praia da Chave on the island of Boa Vista

Praia Bila Baxo on the island of Fogo

Tarrafal Beach on the island of Santiago

Baía das Gatas's beach on the island of São Vicente

Boa Vista

• Praia de Atalanta - north
• Praia de João Barrosa - southeast
• Praia de Boa Esperança
• Praia de Cabral - west of Sal Rei
• Praia Calheta Formoso - south
• Praia Calheta Pequeno - south
  • Praia de Cruz
  • Praia David - west
• Praia de Carquejinha
• Praia da Chave - west of Rabil
  • Praia da Carlota - Rabil
  • Praia de Estoril - south of Sal Rei
  • Praia Farropa - west
• Praia João Cristovão
• Praia de Curral Velho - south
• Praia de Diante - east
• Praia de Espingueira
• Praia das Gatas - northeast
• Praia de Irancha - northeast
• Praia do Ilhéu de Sal Rei or simply Ilhéu
• Praia Lopes (or Lopez) - east
• Praia de Santa Mónica - southwest
  • Praia Curral Mateus
  • Praia Calheta Grande
  • Praia do Curralinho - southwest
• Praia de Tarafes - east
• Praia da Varandinha - west-southwest

Brava

• Beach south of Esperadinha near Fajã de Agua

Fogo

• Praia Baixo - near Bila Baxo, the center of São Filipe
• Praia Casa - east of Tinteira, eawst
• Ponta da Salina - São Jorge, north

Maio

• Praia do Morro - west
• Praia Gonçalo - east

Sal

• Buracona - northwest
• Praia de Calheta Funda - southwest
• Curra do Cadó - southwest
• Praia da Fontona - west
• Ponta da Fragata or Costa da Fragata - southeast
• Praia de Igrejinha - southeast
• Praia de Murdeira (also as Mureila) - southwest
• Praia de Fiura
• Praia de Ponta Preta
• Praia de Santa Maria - south
• Praia António Sousa - southeast

Santa Luzia

• Praia do Castelo
• Praia de Roque - the southernmost point of the island
• Praia de Prainha Branca - south
• Praia de Palmea Testão - southwest

Santiago

• Pedra Badejo - east
• Praia Baixo - east
• Praia de Cidade Velha - southwest
• Praia da Cova Figueira - Cidadela, Praia
• Praia Formosa - east
• Praia da Gamboa - Praia
• Praia Negra - Praia
• Portinho - southeast - Achada Grande Tras, Praia
• Prainha - Praia
• Quebra Canela - Praia
• Rincão - west
• Praia de São Francisco - southeast
• Praia de São Tome - southeast
• Praia de Tarrafal - north near Tarrafal

Santo Antão

• Praia d'Aranhas or Praia de Aranhas - north
• Praia de Curraletes
• Praia da Paul - northeast
• Praia do Sul
• Praia de Tarrafal de Monte Trigo - west

São Nicolau

• Praia Branca - northwest

São Vicente

• Baía das Gatas - northeast
• Boca da Lapa - southeast
• Praia de Calhau - southeast
• Praia de Flamengos - south
• Foia Branca - southwest near São Pedro
• Praia Grande - northeast
• Lajinha - northwest of Mindelo
• Praia de Lazareto - northwest near MIndelo
• Praia do Norte or Baía de de Salamansa - north
• Praia de Porto Grande - Mindelo
• Areias de Salamansa

See also

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