beco

Updated: May 18, 2025

An innominatus, in the shape of a similar quoin, is separated by a deep Col, apparently a torrent-bed, from a huge Beco de Papagaio the "Parrot's Bill" so common in the Brazil. It is our "High Peak," the most remarkable feature of the sea-facade, even when it conceals the pair of towering pillars that show conspicuously to the north and south.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - The Land of Midian — Volume 2