Punta Delgada (other)

	Punta Delgada (other) Punta Delgada may refer to: * Punta Delgada, Argentina, a small settlement on the Valdes Peninsula * Punta Delgada, Chile, a small town in Magallanes Province Punta Delgada, Spain, a headland on the island of Alegranza, Canary Islands See also Ponta Delgada (Azores), sometimes misspelled Punta Delgada Ponta Delgada (other) Ponta Delgada is the largest city and administrative capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. Ponta Delgada may also refer to: Ponta Delgada (district), a former district in the Azores, centered on the city * Ponta Delgada, ... {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Punta Delgada, Argentina Punta Delgada is a locality and tourist resort on the Valdes Peninsula in Biedma Department in the north of the province of Chubut, Argentina. It is situated on the Golfo Nuevo. The main attractions are a colony of elephant seals and an active lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ... built in 1905. The buildings around the lighthouse have been converted into a hotel and restaurant, to accommodate visitors to the area. The cast-iron lighthouse tower contains a Fresnel lens, which emits a pattern of three white flashes every twenty-five seconds. References External links Puerto Pirámides - imagesFederal Site Ifam {{coord missing, Argentina Populated places in Chubut Province Tourist attractions in Chubut Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Punta Delgada, Chile Punta Delgada is a small town in the far south of Chile, close to the border with Argentina, on the RN255 between Punta Arenas and Rio Gallegos. It is the principal settlement in San Gregorio commune in Magallanes Province. Since 1921, there has been a Military Station in the town holding a full Infantry Battalion of the Chilean Army plus a small boat flotilla of the Chilean Navy along with Chilean Navy Signals/Communications HQ as well as a Navy SIGINT and Naval Intelligence forward base. Nearby is a ferry terminal at the Primera Angostura, from where the ''Pionero'' crosses the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego. Pali-Aike National Park lies 18 km north of the town. See also * Lighthouses in Chile * List of lighthouses in Chile In order to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, safe entries to harbors the Chilean authorities maintain 650 lighthouses from the boundary to Peru until the Atlantic Ocean. Information on these lighthouses is present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alegranza Alegranza () is an uninhabited island in the Atlantic Ocean, located off the coast of Africa and is in the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is the northernmost point in the Canary Islands, and part of the Chinijo Archipelago. The island is part of the municipality of Teguise on Lanzarote. Geographical overview The area is 10.2 km². The island features a volcano with a crater of about 1.1 km in diameter and an altitude of 289 m. The second highest is Montaña de Lobos at 256 m and following La Rapagura. The northern portion is mainly flat. File:Alegranza NWW.png, NASA satellite image of Alegranza File:Alegranza 3D version 1.gif Conservation The island is part of the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park (''Parque Natural del Archipiélago Chinijo''). There are no inhabitants on the island. The Punta Delgada Lighthouse is located in the eastern part of Alegranza. The lighthouse was built between 1861 and 1865 and was designated a historic monumen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ponta Delgada (Azores) Ponta Delgada (; ) is the largest municipality (''concelho'') and economic capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67,287 inhabitants, in an area of . There are 17,629 residents in the three central civil parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro, São Sebastião, and São José. Ponta Delgada became the region's administrative capital under the revised constitution of 1976; the judiciary and Catholic See remained in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established in Horta. History The origin of the placename Ponta Delgada (Portuguese for ''delicate or thin point'') was elaborated by the famous Portuguese chronicler, Father Gaspar Frutuoso, who wrote: In around 1450, Pêro de Teive established a small fishing village that eventually grew into the urban agglomeration in Santa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]