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Places - Cabo da Roca, Portugal


The westernmost point of the european continent


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Facing the Atlantic ocean, Cabo da Roca (Cape Roca) is a cape which forms the westernmost point of both mainland Portugal, mainland Europe and the Eurasian land mass.

The marker on this map shows the plane's position.

The cape is in the Portuguese municipality of Sintra, west of Lisbon district, and also forms the westernmost extent of the Serra de Sintra.



Cabo da Roca was known to the Romans as Promontorium Magnum. The 16th century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões described Cabo da Roca as the place "where the land ends and the sea begins".

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