Carriçal is a settlement in the eastern part of the island of
São Nicolau,
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
. It is situated on the south coast, 8 km southeast of
and 24 km east of
Ribeira Brava. It is the easternmost settlement on the island. Some 8 km east is the island's easternmost point,
Ponta Leste. The place was mentioned as ''Currissal'' in the 1747 map by
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (; 1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes.
Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, membe ...
.
See also
*
List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde
This is a list of villages and smaller settlements in Cape Verde:
Boa Vista, Cape Verde (municipality), Boa Vista
* Bofarreira
* Cabeça dos Tarrafes
* Curral Velho, Cape Verde, Curral Velho - abandoned settlement
* Espingueira - Abandoned Settl ...
References
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Villages and settlements in São Nicolau, Cape Verde
Populated coastal places in Cape Verde
Ribeira Brava, Cape Verde