Place coast/bay/beach Caniço Santa Cruz
Reis Magos
Caniço · Santa Cruz
coast of the parish of Caniço, municipality of Santa Cruz, Madeira
Cove with a beach and small, poor port on the coast of Caniço parish, a fishing centre of some importance. It became a leading whaling station, with 102 sperm whales taken in 1943, and had a Fiscal Guard post of the Machico section.
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- Reis Magos (cove and landing place) — Cove, beach and small port that is a fishing centre.
- Fishing ports — Fishing port that became a leading whaling station, with 102 sperm whales in 1943.
- Fiscal Organisation — Fiscal Guard post of the Machico section.
- Madeira (hydrographic features: bays, coves, landing places and beaches) — Listed as a cove, a poor port and a beach.