Ponta do Tristão

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Coordinates: 32°52′00.8″N17°12′01.1″W / 32.866889°N 17.200306°W / 32.866889; -17.200306

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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.

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Ponta do Tristão is the northernmost point of the island of Madeira. It is located in Porto Moniz parish, to the northwest of the settlement of Santa Maria Madalena.

Madeira Island island of Portugal

Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area of 740.7 km2, including Ilhéu de Agostinho, Ilhéu de São Lourenço, Ilhéu Mole (northwest). As of 2011, Madeira had a total population of 262,456.

Porto Moniz Municipality in Madeira, Portugal

Porto Moniz is a municipality in the northwest corner of the island of Madeira. It is located west of Santana and Machico, and northwest of Funchal. The population in 2011 was 2,711, in an area of 82.93 km².

Santa Maria Madalena, Madeira is a settlement in Porto Moniz parish, Madeira, close to the island's northernmost point, Ponta do Tristão.


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