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 area, and is usually higher t ...
in western part of the island of
São Vicente,
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 ...
. 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" in Portuguese. It is a landmark of the city of
, from which it can be seen across
Porto Grande Bay
Porto Grande Bay (), 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 stretches between the head ...
.
[
The album '' Voz d'Amor'' (2003) by ]Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nos ...
contains the song ''Monte Cara''.
See also
* List of mountains in Cape Verde
This is a list of mountains in Cabo Verde:
List
See also
*Lists of mountains by region
*Geography of Cape Verde
Notes
External links
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{{Cape Verde topics
Mountains of Cape Verde, *
Lists of mountains by country, Cape Verde
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References
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Geography of São Vicente, Cape Verde