Place port/quay Gaula Santa Cruz
Porto Novo
Gaula · Santa Cruz
Mouth of the Ribeira do Porto Novo, parish of Gaula, municipality of Santa Cruz, Madeira
Porto Novo is a small locality and steamer calling point at the mouth of the Ribeira do Porto Novo on Madeira's east coast. It is Gaula's main landing, with a small landing stage built by the Junta Geral and completed in 1908. It was the site of the constitutional defeat in 1828 and of resistance to American sailors in 1873.
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- Gaula (parish) — Main landing of Gaula, with a small quay; site of resistance to American sailors in 1873.
- Porto Novo — Subject of the entry: a hamlet and steamer calling point at the mouth of the Ribeira do Porto Novo.
- Sea distances — Coastal stage in the distance table.
- Madeira (hydrographic features: bays, coves, landing places and beaches) — Listed as a poor port and a beach.
- Camacha (parish) — Site of the constitutional defeat in 1828.
- Santa Cruz quay — Locality with a small landing stage.
- Guindaste (point) — Small harbour near the point.
- Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus) — One of the places where the plant grows.