Ponta Nhô Martinho is a
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...
on the
Island of Brava,
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 the southernmost point of Cape Verde. It is located nearly 4 km south of
Cachaço
Cachaço is a village on the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It is situated in the mountains, 4 km south of the island capital Nova Sintra
Nova Sintra is a city[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 ...]
.
There is a lighthouse on Ponta Nhô Martinho, which is the southernmost structure in Cape Verde. Its focal plane is above sea level.
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See also
*List of lighthouses in Cape Verde
The following article is a list of lighthouses in Cape Verde. Cape Verde has tens of lighthouses scattered across its nine major islands. The lighthouses are administered by the Direction of Marine and Ports (''Direcção Geral de Marinha e Portos' ...
*Geography of Cape Verde
Cape Verde (formally, the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of arid Atlantic islands which are home to distinct communities of plants, birds, and reptiles.
Location and description
The Cape Verde Islands are located in the mid-Atlantic Ocean ...
References
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Headlands of Cape Verde
Geography of Brava, Cape Verde
Porto Novo Municipality
Ponta Nhô Martinho