罗卡角

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摘自《维基百科》

Cabo da Roca Stallite Map 罗卡角卫星地图

Cabo da Roca (Cape Roca) is a cape which forms the westernmost point of both mainland Europe and mainland Portugal. The cape is in the Portuguese municipality of Sintra, west of Lisbon district, and also forms the westernmost extent of the Serra de Sintra.
罗卡角位于欧洲大陆和葡萄牙的最西边。她隶属于葡萄牙首都里斯本管辖的小镇辛特拉，同时也形成了辛特拉小镇最西边的锯齿状海岸延伸。

Location 位置

The cape is located in Lisbon district, 40 kilometres west of the city of Lisbon and 18 kilometres west of the town of Sintra in the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. Its coordinates, 38°47′N 9°30′W / 38.783, -9.5, are inscribed on a stone plaque on the monument at the site. The cliff rises out of the Atlantic Ocean to approximately 140 metres above sea level.
罗卡角位于里斯本行政区，它距离里斯本市区以西40公里，在辛特拉小镇的辛特拉-卡斯卡伊斯自然公园西面18公里处。石质纪念碑的上面镌刻着罗卡角的精确坐标——北纬38度47分，西经9度30分。托起纪念碑的悬崖峭壁高耸出大西洋海平面约140米。

Cabo da Roca

Environment 环境

Once home to a variety of plant life, Cabo da Roca has been overrun with the invasive plant species Carpobrotus edulis. This creeping, mat-forming succulent species – a member of the Stone Plant family Aizoaceae – was introduced as ground cover by local residents several decades ago, but now covers much of the arable land on Cabo da Roca.
罗卡角曾经是许多种植物的家园，但现在有一种剑叶花属（Carpobrotus）植物入侵占领。这种遍地蔓延的地被肉质植物属于番杏科，数十年前当地居民把这种植物当作地被植物引入，但现在他们却占据了太多的耕地。

History 历史

Cabo da Roca was known to the Romans as Promontorium Magnum[1] and during the Age of Sail as the Rock of Lisbon. The 16th century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões described Cabo da Roca as the place “where the land ends and the sea begins” (Portuguese: Onde a terra acaba e o mar começa).
罗卡角素以海岬上浪漫的著作和大航海时代的里斯本之石而闻名于世。十六世纪的葡萄牙诗人路易斯·卡莫斯（Luís de Camões）描绘罗卡角是“陆地至于此，海洋始于斯”（where the land ends and the sea begins，葡萄牙语：Onde a terra acaba e o mar começa）。

Landmarks 大陆

The cape’s lighthouse and a tourist shop sit on top of the cliff. Construction of the lighthouse was completed in 1772, and the structure rises 144 meters in height above the cape. The cape is a popular tourist attraction, and the site features a monument with a crucifix bearing an inscription Portuguese:
海岬峭壁的顶端座落着灯塔和观光商店。这座灯塔完工于1772年，这座建筑物高于海角144米。罗卡角是闻名于世的旅游胜地，著名的十字架纪念碑上用葡萄牙语记录着以下的诗句：

Aqui…
Onde a terra termina e o mar começa…
(Camões)
Ponta mais ocidental do continente europeu

Here…
Where the land ends and the sea begins…

脚下……
陆地至于此，海洋始于斯