Place sítio/locality São Martinho Funchal
Gorgulho
São Martinho · Funchal
sítio on the coast in the parish of São Martinho, municipality of Funchal, Madeira
Coastal locality and islet west of Funchal in São Martinho, with a ruined fort. It has lava flows containing rock pools, columnar basalt nearby and a municipal seawater pool built in 1932. It was the planned site of a glass and tile works.
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- Gorgulho (locality and islet) — Subject of the entry.
- Acacia — Place where Acacia leucocephala grows subspontaneously.
- Basalts — Locality near which columnar compact basalt can be observed.
- Industries — Planned site of a glass and tile works.
- Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) — One end of a stretch of coast where it grows.
- ‘Palace Hotel’ quay — Site of the company's inclined plane and iron ladder.
- Lava flows — Coastal site near Funchal with lava flows containing rock pools, near a former small fort.
- Esparto — A nearly extinct related species was found nearby.