Ponta Moreia
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Ponta Moreia, its location is in the north of the island
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| Location | Northern Santiago, Cape Verde |
| Coordinates | 15°20′25″N 23°44′33″W / 15.34016°N 23.74253°WCoordinates: 15°20′25″N 23°44′33″W / 15.34016°N 23.74253°W |
| Offshore water bodies | Atlantic Ocean |
Ponta Moreia is the northernmost point of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is about 2 km north of the nearest village, Fazenda and around 5 km north of Tarrafal. It has a small headland. Its length is about 800 meters long and its width ranges from 500 meters in the north and to 800 meters in the south. Two tiny sandy beaches are located at the edge of the headlands. Two rocky islets lie west of the headland.
About 10 km immediately to the north has a depth of 1,000 meters and that portion forms a part of the Cape Verde Rise. 20-30 km north has the deepest portion being about 3,000 meters below sea level.
Near the point has a homonymous lighthouse located near the point at the elevation between 10 and 20 meters above sea level.
During the Ice Age, the point then unnamed was about a kilometer north. Around it has a small unpaved road (Caminho da Ponta Moreia) that connects with Tras os Montes and the highway connecting Praia and Tarrafal via Pedra Badejo.
On January 5, 75 AD, a total solar eclipse took place and the greatest eclipse was in that area (15.5 N, 23.7 W) which was about 20 miles (25 km) northwest of the cape and headed up another 20 miles, its width was 57 Roman miles (87 km) wide.
Before the northern part was settled around the 16th century, the area was forested. In the 1950s, the geography was barren, in the 1990s, the area became forested which it has since.
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