page_title: Sagres (Vila do Bispo)
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Sagres (Vila do Bispo) / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Fischerhafen von Sagres Datum: 09/1985 Urheber: Michael Pfeiffer Quelle: privates Fotoalbum des Urhebers
context_page_description: Sagres is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the southern Algarve of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,909, in an area of 34.37 square kilometres. It is historically connected to the early Portuguese Age of Discovery.
  Sagres is near the Western end of the world's longest estimated straight-line path over land, at 11,241 km, ending near Jinjiang in the People’s Republic of China.
context_section_description: Sagres is located in the extreme southwest of continental Europe, and marked by two geomorphological structures: the Cape St. Vincent and Sagres Point, which establish a transition between the eastern coastal and meridional zones. Exposed to the Atlantic Ocean, it is influenced by Mediterranean currents, marked by promontories of high cliffs leading onto a platform that oscillates between 100–200 metres (330–660 ft) (in the north) and 50 metres (160 ft)). Whether by coastal erosion, or the hard rock, its composition influences the relief of the area.
  At 157 meters high, Torre de Aspa is a viewpoint on the western side of Vila do Bispo, which offers a panoramic view of Sagres and São Vicente Cape.
caption: The port of Sagres, historical center of the Portuguese discoveries and fishing port
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