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Cabo da Roca (Portuguese: [ˈkaβu ðɐ ˈʁɔkɐ]) or Cape Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost point of the Sintra Mountain Range, of mainland Portugal, of continental Europe, and of the Eurasian landmass. [1]
Westernmost point — Cabo da Roca (38.780963, -9.500552), civil parish of Colares, municipality of Sintra, also the westernmost point of continental Europe; [2] Easternmost point — Ifanes e Paradela (41.574886, -6.190217), municipality of Miranda do Douro; Centermost — Penhascoso, Portugal (39.5571,-8.04276), Municipality in Portugal
The civil parish is located on the western coast of Portugal, and marked by Europe's extreme western extent: Cabo da Roca. Its contains the settlements Almoçageme , Atalaia, Azenhas do Mar , Azóia , Colares, Eugaria, Gigarós, Mucifal, Penedo, Praia das Maçãs and Ulgueira.
The park includes the Serra de Sintra Mountain Range but extends all the way to the coast and Cabo da Roca, continental Europe's westernmost point. It contains the Castle of the Moors. Located within 25 km of Lisbon, the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park is a popular tourism area, with many different individual historical and natural sites and ...
The Sintra Mountains (Portuguese: Serra de Sintra), is a mountain range in western Portugal. Its highest point is at 529 meters (1,736 ft) near Sintra . The range covers about 16 kilometers (10 mi) from the resort town of Sintra to Cabo da Roca (Cape Roca) on the Atlantic Ocean .
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Flores Island, Azores Islands, Portugal (39°29′42.8″N, 31 ... Westernmost Point — Cabo da Roca ...
The climate in the area of Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Europe, is primarily semi-arid. The Sintra Mountains are considered moderately humid, but precipitation in the mountains is higher than in the surrounding areas. The position of Sintra in the natural landscape of the Sintra Mountains is influenced by the existence of a micro-climate.
Azóia is a village in the municipality of Sintra (freguesia Colares) in the southwest of the district of Lisbon, Portugal.Azóia lies 1 km from the Cabo da Roca, the most westerly point of the European continent, which makes it the westernmost village on the European continent.