Ponta do Chão de Mangrade

Ponta do Chão de Mangrade
Ponta de Mangrade
Headland
Ponta do Chão de Mangrade
Coordinates: 17°03′11″N 25°21′40″W / 17.0531°N 25.36099°W / 17.0531; -25.36099
LocationWestern Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Offshore water bodiesAtlantic Ocean

Ponta do Chão de Mangrade (also: Ponta de Mangrade, Ponta Oeste) is the westernmost point of the Island of Santo Antão, and also the westernmost point of Cape Verde and all Africa. It is located 5 km northwest of Monte Trigo and 31 km west of Porto Novo, in a very remote area. The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues (2,193 km) west of this point.

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