Punta Gallinas
Punta Gallinas is a headland in northern Colombia. It is the northernmost point on the mainland of South America, and one of the extreme points of South America.Geography
Punta Gallinas is situated in the northern part of the department of La Guajira, on the coast of the Caribbean Sea.
The cape is at the northern tip of the Guajira Peninsula in the municipality of Uribia, about northeast of Riohacha.History
The area has been populated by the indigenous Wayuu people for a long time.
The headland is also the location of the northernmost lighthouse in South America, the high Faro de Punta Gallinas, which opened in 1989.
