Cabo da Roca
Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′ 51.4 ″ N , 9 ° 30 ′ 2.9 ″ W.
Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point of the mainland of the European continent . It is located in Portugal on the Atlantic coast west of Lisbon at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level . Cabo da Roca belongs to the municipality ( freguesia ) Colares in the district ( concelho or município ) Sintra . There is a bus to Cabo da Roca from Sintra and Cascais .
There is a tourist office there, where you can have your visit confirmed on an artistically designed certificate for a fee. Otherwise there is a lighthouse , a bar and a marine radio transmitter .
The slopes are invasively overgrown with the edible ice plant ( Carpobrotus edulis ). This is shown there as a "dangerous intruder". Rare peregrine falcons ( Falco peregrinus ) and kestrels ( Falco tinnunculus ) nest in the rock faces .
The Portuguese national poet Luís de Camões described the place with the following words: Here ... where the earth ends and the sea begins ... (Aqui ... onde a terra se acaba eo mar começa).
The most westerly point of the European continent is the Azores island of Ilhéu do Monchique with a longitude of 31/16/30 / W, apart from Greenland .
Stone billboard of the city of Sintra
See also
Cabo de São Vicente - the most south-westerly point of continental Europe
Web links
- Cabo da Roca , Portuguese, on cm-sintra.pt