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Cape Santo André
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Cape Santo André (Portuguese for Saint Andrew) is a cape located in the Northern coast of continental Portugal, in Santo André, municipality of Póvoa de Varzim. It is the tip of Póvoa de Varzim's cuspate foreland.
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Cape Santo André | |
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![]() Cape Santo André, with occasional sea spray, as seen from Jardim da Praia Promenade in Póvoa de Varzim. | |
Coordinates: 41.414°N 8.787°W / 41.414; -8.787 |
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It is probably the old Roman Avarius, Auarius Promontorium or Auaron Promontorium (In Ancient Greek, Αὔαρον ἄκρον) referred by Ptolemy, geographer of Ancient Greece, in the territory of the Callaici Bracares, between the river Avus (Ave River) and river Nebis (Neiva River).