The Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Natural Park covers the southwest coast of mainland Portugal, in the south of the Alentejo coast and in the western Algarve around Cabo de São Vicente. In the park area there are several types of landscapes and natural and semi habitats. -natural, such as steep cliffs and cliffs, beaches, several islets and reefs (including the island of Pessegueiro and an unusual coral reef in Carrapateira), the Mira estuary, Cape Sardão, the promontory of Sagres and Cabo de São Vicente, dune systems, heaths, salt marshes, salty steppes, temporary lagoons, ravines (valleys embedded with dense vegetation cover), etc. The maximum altitudes are: 324 m, inland (in São Domingos, Odemira); and 156 m, on the coast (in Torre de Aspa, Vila do Bispo). The maximum depth is 32 m, 2 km off the Pontal da Carrapateira (Aljezur).
The Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina Natural Park covers the southwest coast of mainland Portugal, in the south of the Alentejo coast and in the western Algarve around Cabo de São Vicente. In the park area there are several types of landscapes and natural and semi habitats. -natural, such as steep cliffs and cliffs, beaches, several islets and reefs (including the island of Pessegueiro and an unusual coral reef in Carrapateira), the Mira estuary, Cape Sardão, the promontory of Sagres and Cabo de São Vicente, dune systems, heaths, salt marshes, salty steppes, temporary lagoons, ravines (valleys embedded with dense vegetation cover), etc. The maximum altitudes are: 324 m, inland (in São Domingos, Odemira); and 156 m, on the coast (in Torre de Aspa, Vila do Bispo). The maximum depth is 32 m, 2 km off the Pontal da Carrapateira (Aljezur).
