Palos
geographical name
Pa·los ˈpä-ˌlōs 
variants or Palos de la Frontera
t͟hā-lä-frȯn-ˈtā-rä
town and former port (now silted up) in southwestern Spain southeast of Huelva population 10,196
Note: Christopher Columbus sailed from Palos on August 3, 1492 to start his first voyage to the New World.