FARO, Cape, the ancient Pelorus, the N.E. point of the island of Sicily, and one of the three promontories which give a triangular figure to that island. It is situated at the narrowest part of the Strait of Messina, which is thence sometimes called the Faro Channel. The light-house (faro) on Faro Cape is in N. Lat. 38. 15. 50., E. Long. 19. 16.