Place sítio/locality Camacha Santa Cruz
Poiso
Camacha · Santa Cruz
upland site in the interior of Madeira, at about 1,400 m
Approximate location
The Poiso is an upland site in Madeira's interior, listed at about 1,390–1,414 m, on road 24 and near Chão das Feiteiras, the Alagoas plateau and the Areeiro. It was an interior astronomical station, and weather observations were made there, including by Guilherme Teles de Meneses and of the winds in 1894. The Ribeira de João Gomes and the Ribeira do Porto Novo rise in its area.
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- Climate — Upland site at 1400 m with temperature, pressure and humidity readings.
- Roads — Point on road 24.
- Teles de Meneses (Guilherme) — House where he made meteorological observations.
- Altitudes — Listed at 1390 m.
- Alagoas — The upland in which the Alagoas plateau lies.
- Areeiro — Well-known locality near the peak.
- Common lands — Part of its serra is said to be state property.
- Geodesy — Interior astronomical station at 1,414 m.
- Feiteiras (Chão das) — Its shelter house lies a short distance from Chão das Feiteiras.
- Winds — Upland site where the winds were observed in 1894.
- Ribeira do Porto Novo — Source area of the stream.
- Ribeira de João Gomes — Source of the stream.
- Lagoa (peak) — Locality in whose serra the peak stands.
- Laje (peak) — Locality in whose serra the peak stands.
- Arrebentão (peak and locality) — Site of the shelter houses reached by the road through Arrebentão.
- Arco de São Jorge (parish) — Road route to Funchal.
- Mountain shelters — Site of the best-equipped refuge hut, in the serras of Camacha.
- Camacha (parish) — Site of the travellers' shelter built 1852.
- Poiso — Subject of the entry, an exposed upland pass.