Zaranha

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Zaranha (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo forms of ALUPEC or ALUPEK, the Santo Antão and the São Vicente Crioulos: Praia d' Santa Mónica) is a point beach covering the northern coastline of the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde. Its total length is approximately 5 km and it extends from halfway between Alto Mira and Cruzinha up to the village of Cruzinha by the Ribeira da Garça. The beach are accessed with labyrinthine remote roads that are unaccessible from Alto Mira. The area around are hilly and are filled with grasslands and bushy, its landscape is hilly green, it is accessible from remote roads linking with the Cruzinha-Ribeira Grande Road.

[edit] Nearest promontories

near Cruzinha

[edit] Places by the beach

• Cruzinha, east

[edit] Panorama

The point offers a view of the Atlantic Ocean as well as its nearby area.

The island of Santo Antão and the surrounding islands
Communities and settlements Alto Mira | Chã das Furnas | Chã da Igreja | Cocoli | Corvo | Cruzinha | Curral da Russa | Eito | Eito de Baixo | Espongeiro | Figueiras | Fontainhas | Formiguinhas | Garça de Cima | Janela | Lomba dos Pombas | Lomba de Santo | Lourenço | Monte Trigo | Paul | Passo | Pombas | Ponta do Sol | Porto Novo | Ribeira Alta | Ribeira da Cruz | Ribeira das Bras | Ribeira Grande | Sinagoga | Tarrafal de Monte Trigo
Parishes Nossa Senhora do Rosário | Nossa Senhora do Livramento | Santo António das Pombas | Santo André | Santo Crucifixo | São João Baptista | São Pedro Apóstolo
Streams Ribeira da Garça | Ribeira Grande | Ribeira da Janela | Ribeira do Paúl
Mountains Pico da Cruz | Tope de Coroa
Other geographical features Zaranha Beach