Ponta Jalunga

Ponta Jalunga
Map showing the location of Ponta Jalunga
Ponta Jalunga
Location Northeastern Brava, Cape Verde near Furna
Coordinates 14°53′27″N 24°40′21″W / 14.89097°N 24.6724°W / 14.89097; -24.6724Coordinates: 14°53′27″N 24°40′21″W / 14.89097°N 24.6724°W / 14.89097; -24.6724
Offshore water bodies Atlantic Ocean
Length 1 km
Width 600-700 m
Area about 100 ha
Ponta Jalunga Lighthouse
Farol da/de Ponta Jalunga
Cape Verde
Location Ponta Jalunga
Furna
Cape Verde
Coordinates 14°53′26.2″N 24°40′25.7″W / 14.890611°N 24.673806°W / 14.890611; -24.673806
Year first constructed 1891
Foundation masonry base
Construction mansory tower
Tower shape square prism tower with external staircase and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, grey lantern
Height 7.9 metres (26 ft)
Focal height 26 metres (85 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl (2+1) W 15s.
Admiralty number D2908
NGA number 24236
Cape Verde number PT-2184[2]

Ponta Jalunga is a point located nearly a kilometer northeast of the center of Furna on the island of Brava in southwestern Cape Verde. It is connected with a single track linking to Furna, the other parts of the island and its port. The point is being the northeasternmost are on the island. Over a kilometer northwest in another point is the northernmost point on the island. Not being the closest to the island of Fogo as it is around 4 km south of the point being the closest, northwest in another point is the closest landmass to the islet of Ilhéu Secos being around 8 km distant from Ilhéu Grande. The promontory is a mountainous area as is many other parts of the island, the highest area ranges from 50 to 100 meters high. Its headland is 1 km tall and includes the north part of the town of Furna. Around a kilometer west is a windmill powering electricity for the island.

During the Ice Age, the point was about a kilometer east of its current location.

The point was mentioned as the Italian name Ponto Ghelongo (also as Ponto Gheluongo in Modern Italian) in the 1747 French/Dutch map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin.[3]

Lighthouse

Near the promontory, it has a lighthouse, one of three on the island.

The lighthouse was first constructed in 1891 and is made out of concrete bricks. The tower shape is a square prism with external staircase and lantern. It is 7.9 metres tall and its focal height at 26 metres above sea level. Its range extends to 9 nautical miles (17 km) and its light source as with many other ligthouses is solar powered. Its exterior colour is white and has a grey lantern.

See also

References

  1. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin; Pieter de Hondt (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
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