Monte Cara is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

in western part of the island of São Vicente,

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

. Its elevation is 490 m.Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente
Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 30 It resembles a human face looking at the sky, hence its name, which means "face mountain". It is a landmark of the city of

Mindelo Mindelo is a port cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook ...

, from which it can be seen across

Porto Grande Bay Porto Grande Bay ( pt, Baía do Porto Grande), also Mindelo Bay, is a bay on the north coast of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The main city of São Vicente, Mindelo, is situated at the bay. The Porto Grande Bay is a natural harbour. It ...

. The album ''

Voz d'Amor ''Voz d'Amor'' (Cape Verdean Creole for the ''Voice of Love'', Portuguese: ''Voz de Amor'') is the ninth album by Cesária Évora. The album reached number 3 in Poland, the first Cape Verdean and West African artist to reach the Polish Top 10 cha ...

'' (2003) by

Cesária Évora Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album '' Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing withou ...

contains the song ''Monte Cara''.

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Cara Cara or CARA may refer to: Places * Čara, a village on the island of Korčula, Croatia * Cara, a village in Cojocna Commune, Cluj County, Romania * Cara Island, off the west coast of Argyll, Scotland * Cara Paraná River, Colombia * Cara Sucia ...

Geography of São Vicente, Cape Verde

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