Ponta das Bicudas

Ponta das Bicudas projects into the Atlantic from the southeastern shore of Santiago, the largest of the Cape Verde islands. The headland forms the eastern side of the entrance to the anchorage at Praia. Across the water to the east lies the island of Maio, while the mountainous interior of Santiago rises behind the coast. Portuguese settlement on Santiago began in the fifteenth century, bringing the island into the sea routes between Africa, Europe and the wider Atlantic.