Barreta Island is an island in the Algarve, Portugal

Portugal

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, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long and 0.05 to 0.6 km (164 to 1,968.5 ft) wide.

Barreta is also known as Deserta or Deserted Island and is one of the more isolated islands of Algarve. There are no public ferry lines reaching the island and one can only go there by renting or buying a boat.

See also

• Cabo de Santa Maria (Faro)
  Cabo de Santa Maria (Faro)
  Cape of St. Mary is the southernmost point of mainland Portugal, in the municipality of Faro. It is a point in the curve of a beach in the Island of Barreta, which has also the name of Island of Cabo de Santa Maria....