Ponta do Lobo
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| Location | near Achada Baleia and Vale da Custa, Eastern Santiago, Cape Verde |
| Coordinates | 14°59′55″N 23°25′43″W / 14.9986°N 23.4286°WCoordinates: 14°59′55″N 23°25′43″W / 14.9986°N 23.4286°W |
| Offshore water bodies | Atlantic Ocean |
 Cape Verde
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| Location | Ponta do Lobo Santiago Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 14°59′14″N 23°25′49″W / 14.987111°N 23.430306°W |
| Year first constructed | 1887 |
| Foundation | masonry base |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | trapezoid prism tower attached ti 1-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings / pattern | unpainted tower |
| Height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
| Focal height | 17 metres (56 ft) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) W 15s. |
| Admiralty number | D2882 |
| NGA number | 24220 |
| ARLHS number | CAP-006 |
| Cape Verde number | PT-2125 |
Ponta do Lobo is the eastern point of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde inside the municipality of São Domingos. It is about 2 km northeast of the nearest village, Vale da Custa and southeast of Achada Baleia and is northeast of the capital Praia. It has a small headland. Its length is about 500 meters long east to west and its width is about 200 meters. To the north is Porto Lobo and its bay, there just 100 meters is the 15th parallel north, also further north is the village of Moia Moia.
Its origin of the name is related to the wolves surrounding the area. Cape Verde does not have large wild animals, not even wolves, as there are no wolves in the tropics. The other name origin may be related to a lobe.
About 10 km immediately to the east has a depth of 1,000 meters and that portion forms a part of the Cape Verde Rise. 20–30 km north has the deepest portion being about 3,000 meters below sea level.
During the Ice Age, the point then unnamed was about a kilometer east. Around it has a dirt road.
The island along with the point was first discovered by António da Noli in 1460 and may be the first land feature to be known. Before the eastern part was settled around the early 16th century, shrubs dominated the area its geography of that time is unknown.
The point and its port were mentioned the 1747 French/Dutch map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Near the point has a homonymous lighthouse located near the point at the elevation of about 10 meters above sea level. The lighthouse was built in 1887 and is the island's second oldest. Its class of light is Fl (4) W 15s., its focal height is at 17 meters above sea level and its range extends up to 11 km (6 nmi).
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