M-06 – A ROCA CAPE (THE MOST WESTERN POINT IN MAINLAND EUROPE)
Main organizer: Albino Medeiros (AIH-GP)
Co-organizer: Telmo Santos (CEGUL)
The westernmost point of continental Europe, which the Portuguese poet Camões defined as "where the land ends and the sea begins".
Its geographical coordinates are:
Lat. - 38' 47' North
Long. - 9' 30' West
Elevation - 140 m above sea level.
Cape Roca lies on the Atlantic coast northwest of Lisbon.
Known to the Romans as Promontorium Magnum, the cape is a narrow granite cliff, forming the western end of the Sintra Mountains.
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