Miradouro da Ponta do Rosto
Clifftop lookout over dyke-streaked volcanic cliffs, with both north and south coasts in view.
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This guide to the Ponta do Rosto viewpoint on Madeira's eastern tip turns the cliffs below you into a piece of evidence. It follows a team of geologists, Andreas Klügel among them, who came to this peninsula with one question about what once stood here and how it fed the island and the Desertas beyond. Along the way you'll hear about Hawaii, two volcanic lives millions of years apart, and a long silence between them. Stand at the rail with the cliff face in view.
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