Place cape/point Câmara de Lobos
Cabo Girão
Câmara de Lobos
Parish and municipality of Câmara de Lobos, Madeira
Sheer sea cliff about 600 m high (listed at 589 m) and a recommended viewpoint. Its cliffs contain dykes, and it is one of only two places where C. dissectum grows. A rockfall from it killed Henrique Alemão in his boat.
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- Água (point) — Great sea cliff near which the point lies.
- Geology — Cliffs with dykes including Poço do Eiró.
- Pampilho — One of the only two places where C. dissectum grows.
- Girão (cape) — The subject of the entry, a sheer cliff about 600 metres above the sea.
- Altitudes — Sea cliff listed at 589 m.
- Galo (peak) — Nearby cape used to locate the hill.
- Fajã dos Asnos — Cape beside which the fajã lies.
- Fajã dos Padres — Cape just beyond which the fajã lies.
- Alemão (Henrique) — Cliff whose rockfall killed Henrique Alemão.
- Madalena do Mar (parish) — Cliff from which a rockfall killed Henrique Alemão in his boat.
- Barcelos (Pico dos) — Western end of the semicircle of land viewed from the hill.
- Madeira (landscape) — Sea cliff viewpoint recommended.
- Madeira (island) — Southern buttress and viewpoint.
- Capes — One of Madeira's two capes and among the highest sea cliffs in the world, where the first reconnaissance boats turned back.
- Campanário (parish) — The discoverers passed this headland before sighting the bell-shaped islet.
- Dykes — Sea cliff showing both vertical and horizontal dykes.
- Terreiro da Luta — Western limit of the view.
- Ponta do Girão — The better-known name for Ponta do Girão.