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Praia do Queimado Beach

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1/6 Praia do Queimado Beach landmark:

Known for having burned a saint from fortress of Pessegueiro Beach during the war of Miguelistas and, according to the legend, did not burned.

2/6 Stream of Praia do Queimado Beach.

3/6 Sand of Praia do Queimado Beach.

4/6 South view of Praia do Queimado Beach, beach zone with rolled stones.

5/6 North area of Praia do Queimado Beach.

6/6 South area of Praia do Queimado Beach stream.

Weather and Tide Table

Waxing Crescent Moon
Blustery
43860
06h13
Sunrise
20h57
Sunset
Seg
13 - 22
Ter
15 - 20
Qua
15 - 19
Qui
14 - 18
Sex
15 - 17
21
ºC
Air Temperature
N
29
km/h
Wind Speed and Direction
52
%
Relative Humidity
1017
mbar
Atmospheric Pressure
67%
Ebb Tide
03h58
to Low Tide
67
22:23
Low Tide
16:27
High Tide
No Data
Water Temperature
No Data
Wave Direction
No Data
Wave Medium Height
No Data
Wave Medium Period

About the Beach

What is Praia do Queimado Beach?

It's an Oceanic Beach in the northern hemisphere bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, located on the coast of Portugal - Iberian Peninsula - in the municipality of Sines.

Praia do Queimado Beach, according to the local legend, acquired its name for having been the place where, during the at the first half of the nineteenth-century, a saint figure was brought here from 1 and set on fire and it didn't burned.
It is also known as Praia do Barranco do Queimado Beach.
The sand of small dimensions is intersected at the middle by a stream that empties in here and splits and counties.
Far away, at northwest, it's still possible to sight the Ilha do Pessegueiro.

References

  1. Pessegueiro Island

Where is it?

Map of Praia do Queimado Beach

Coordinates
Decimal Degrees (Lat/Long WGS84)
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (Lat/Long WGS84)
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (Lat/Long WGS84) 		Lat. 37.819610º
Lon. -8.792776º N 37º 49.1766'
W 8º 47.56656' N 37º 49' 10.6"
W 8º 47' 33.99"
Parish Porto Covo
County Sines
District Setúbal
Region Baixo Alentejo
Country Portugal
Continent Europe
Ocean North Atlantic
Maritime Authority Capitania do Porto de Sines
Protected Area Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina
Bathing Water
Coastal Unit São Torpes (N) - Pedra da Foz (Vila Nova de Milfontes)
Coastal Region Costa Azul

Awards

Award 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Water Quality
Blue Flag
Gold Flag
Handicapped-Accessible Beach
Zero Polution

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