Place peak/mountain Faial Santana
Penha de Águia
Faial · Santana
Between Porto da Cruz and Faial, north coast of Madeira
Truncated-pyramid sea cliff nearly 600 m high on Madeira's north coast, praised for giving its name to a valley of unrivalled beauty. Stuebel considered it the remnant of a destroyed secondary crater, and its seaward face shows double dykes. It is a breeding site of the boieiro and gave its name to an entail.
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- Geology — Porphyritic essexite locality.
- Diferença — Gives its name to the entail held by Valentim de Ornelas e Vasconcelos.
- St Louis (chapels) — Gives its name to the entail held by Valentim de Ornelas e Vasconcelos.
- Madeira (relief: slopes, plateaux and valleys) — Rock around which a valley winds.
- Manx shearwater (Puffinus anglorum) — Breeding site.
- Cortado — Landmark crag visible from the Cortado.
- Madeira (island) — Northern buttress of the central range.
- Porto da Cruz (parish) — Sea cliff nearly 600 metres high overlooking the parish.
- Stuebel (Dr Alphons) — Considered by Stuebel a remnant of a destroyed secondary crater.
- Valleys — Tall promontory giving its name to the surrounding valley, praised as unrivalled in beauty.
- Dykes — Seaward face shows double dykes.
- Santo António da Serra (parish) — Seen from Lamaceiros.
- Altitudes — Listed at 584 m.
- Entailed foundations — Name of an entail founded 1535.
- Faial (parish) — Landmark crag included in Teixeira's grant and a viewpoint.