Ponta Leste (also: Ponta Calheta) is the easternmost point of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.

[3] It is 8 km east of Carriçal and 30 km east of Ribeira Brava.

The point was mentioned in a map in a 1747 atlas collection by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as "Oost-Hoek" (Dutch), "Pointe de l'Est" (French").

There is a lighthouse on the headland, focal height 73 metres, range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi).

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