Ponta João Ribeiro

Ponta João Ribeiro (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: "Pónta Jon R’ber") is a cape located in the island of São Vicente nearly 3 km north of the island capital of Mindelo. The point is accessed with an earthened road that link with Mindelo. The cape divides the Canal de São Vicente and the Mindelo Bay, the nearby islet of Ilhéu dos Pássaros is approximately 600 to 800 m to the west-southwest. The line is from southeast to northwest.

Geography and Information

The cape's soil colour are light brown, tan red and rarely brown and is made up of rocky ledges that are treacherous and elevated up to around 100 m in height. The mountains surround the cape and features a lighthouse. Bushes are a trace in the area and are unsuitabel for vegetation due to the dry climate.

Near the cape is an abandoned military camp used by the Portuguese during the Portuguese rule until 1975 and has several buildings that are now a monument. The monument also features an old cannon.

Panorama

The promontory offers a panoramic view of the island of Santo Antão and the Atlantic Ocean, it also offers breathtaking views of around the cape, much of the city of Mindelo as well as the town of Lazareto, the hills and the mountains of the central and the southern parts of the island including Caixa, the island's widest valley, Monte Cara and its mountain ranges and Ilhéu dos Pássaros to the west.

Nearby places

*Limeirão, southeast
*Mindelo, south

Nearby promontory

*João Evora, northeast

External links

* [http://mindelo.info/joao_ribeira.html João Ribeira on mindelo.info] fr icon

ee also

*Geography of Cape Verde