Ponta do Sinó is the southernmost point of the island of
Sal in
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 ...
.
[Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015]
Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 26 It lies 2 km southwest of
Santa Maria city centre. The area north of the headland is a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
: nature reserve ''Ponta do Sinó'', at the edge of a large tourism development zone.
Reservas Naturais
Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde There is a lighthouse on the headland, Farol da Ponta do Sinó, built in 1892.
See also
*Tourism in Cape Verde
Tourism in Cape Verde, a group of islands off the coast of Senegal, West Africa, started in the 1970s on the island of Sal and increased slowly in the 1980s and 1990s.
Overview
Tourism contributed US$41 million to the country's economy in th ...
References
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Headlands of Cape Verde
Geography of Sal, Cape Verde
Protected areas of Cape Verde
Santa Maria, Cape Verde