Baía de Tarrafal

Baía de Tarrafal or Tarrafal Bay is a bay on the northwest coast of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde just west of the town of Tarrafal and inside the Atlantic Ocean. Its length is 2 km and its with is 3 km. Beside the bay in the east is Tarrafal Beach (Praia de Tarrafal) and alongside the northern part the foot of Monte Graciosa.^[1] The bay receives its name to the town of Tarrafal. As to other Tarrafals in Cape Verde, the name refers to tamarisk plantations (genus Tamarix) grown in the area.

The north part of the bay along with Ponta Preta and its lighthouse

The bay features a beach 300 meters long located north of the city, the remainder of the bay has its shores with rocky cliffs. Hotels and villas lies in the east and the south of the bay. Ponta Preta is in the north of the bay, southeast on the mountain foot is a lighthouse of the same name The beach featured an abandoned fortress and a kiosk, also a stone house is alongside the beach. The beach are surrounded by Caeverdean palm trees..

The bay are surrounded since the 2010s by a forest of groves especially mango trees.

Fishing is common in the bay.

References

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Geography, features and topics of Santiago and the surrounding islets
Topics	History (Timeline) Sport List of people
Mountains	Pico da Antónia Monte Graciosa Serra da Malagueta Monte Tchota (Achada) Monte Vermelho
Streams	Ribeira das Águas Belas Ribeira das Águas Podres Ribeira da Barca Ribeira de Faveta Ribeira de Flamengos Ribeira Grande de Santiago Ribeira de Limo Ribeira Milho Ribeira do Pico Ribeira da Prata Ribeira Principal Ribeira Riba Ribeira do Salto Ribeira Seca Ribeira da Trindade Ribeirão Isabel Ribeirão Manuel
Points and promontories	Ponta das Bicudas Ponta Moreia Ponta do Porto (de Visconde) Ponta Preta (Northern Santiago) Ponta Temerosa Ponta Verde
Reservoirs	Barragem de Poilão Favela Reservoir Figueira Gordo Reservoir Salineiro Reservoir Saquinho Reservoir
Other geographic features	Baía do Inferno Baía de Tarrafal Farol de D. Maria Pia Farol da Ponta Preta Ilhéu de Santa Maria
History	Capture of Santiago (1585) Cassard expedition Battle of Porto Praya Rabelados
Cape Verde Barlavento Santiago

Municipality of Tarrafal
Communities and settlements	Achada Tenda Chão Bom Fazenda Ribeira da Prata Tarrafal Tras os Montes
Geographical features	Baía de Tarrafal Monte Graciosa Serra da Malagueta Ponta Preta
Landmarks and points of Interests	Estádio de Mangue Ponta Preta Lighthouse
Culture	Barcelona Beira-Mar Estrela dos Amadores Real Júnior Varandinha
Cape Verde Barlavento Santiago Tarrafal

Coordinates: 15°17′01″N 23°45′37″W / 15.2837°N 23.7602°W / 15.2837; -23.7602