Punta Falcone, Coastal promontory in Santa Teresa Gallura, Italy

Punta Falcone is a granite promontory in the municipality of Santa Teresa di Gallura, the northernmost point of the island of Sardinia, facing Capo Pertusato in Corsica across the Bocche di Bonifacio. From the headland the view reaches the white cliffs of Bonifacio, the islands of Lavezzi and Cavallo, and the Maddalena archipelago. To the east it shelters the inlet of the Marmorata beach and its two islets.

Punta Falcone has been known since antiquity for its granite quarries, which were worked in Roman times. The granite of the headland was thus exploited long before the site became a landmark at the northern end of Sardinia.

The granite of Punta Falcone was quarried in Roman times, and the stone was known in antiquity. The name Falcone, "falcon", refers to the promontory's shape and to the birds of prey seen there. Today the headland is a viewpoint over the Bocche di Bonifacio, facing Capo Pertusato in Corsica.

The granite promontory is reached from Santa Teresa di Gallura, and the view takes in the white cliffs of Bonifacio in Corsica, the Lavezzi and Cavallo islands and the Maddalena archipelago. To the east, toward Punta Marmorata, the headland shelters the inlet with the Marmorata beach and its two islets. The ground is bare granite with little shade.

Punta Falcone is the northernmost point of Sardinia as an island, facing Capo Pertusato in Corsica across the Bocche di Bonifacio. Its granite was quarried in Roman times, and from the promontory the view reaches the white cliffs of Bonifacio and the islands of Lavezzi, Cavallo and Budelli.