Ponta Leste

Ponta Leste
Map showing the location of Ponta Leste
Location Eastern São Nicolau, Cape Verde near Carriçal
Coordinates 16°34′12″N 24°00′29″W / 16.570°N 24.008°W / 16.570; -24.008Coordinates: 16°34′12″N 24°00′29″W / 16.570°N 24.008°W / 16.570; -24.008
Offshore water bodies Atlantic 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
Cape Verde
Location Ponta Leste
São Nicolau
Cape Verde
Coordinates 16°34′9″N 24°0′37″W / 16.56917°N 24.01028°W / 16.56917; -24.01028
Foundation concrete base
Tower shape white column with red lantern[3]
Height 3 metres (9.8 ft)[3]
Focal height 73 metres (240 ft)[3]
Light source solar power
Range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)[3]
Characteristic Fl (4) W 10s.[3]
Admiralty number D2930
NGA number 24144
Cape Verde number 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.


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