Ilhéu dos Pássaros
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| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 16°54′36″N 25°00′40″W / 16.910°N 25.011°W |
| Area | 0.023 km2 (0.0089 sq mi) |
| Length | 0.22 km (0.137 mi) |
| Width | 0.10 km (0.062 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
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| Population | 0 |
Ilhéu dos Pássaros[1] is an uninhabited islet near the north coast of São Vicente Island, Cape Verde.[2] It lies about 1.3 km (0.8 mi) west of the headland Ponta João Ribeiro, and 3.5 km (2.2 mi) northwest of Mindelo city centre. It lies between the Porto Grande Bay and the Canal de São Vicente, the channel of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão. There is a lighthouse on the middle of the island facing the western part not far from the summit.
The islet was once connected with a rim that formed the outer caldera of Mindelo, thousands of years ago during the Ice Age, the area was nothing but land that used to be the "Northwestern Island", as the sea level rose, the islands split into São Vicente, Santo Antão and Santa Luzia and reduced to being a larger peninsula and split from the island to form its own islet.
References
- ^ http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2003-0310-101002/pt3c2.pdf
- ^ Pitt Reitmaier, Lucete Fortes: Cabo Verde – Kapverdische Inseln. 5. Auflage. Reise Know-How Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-8317-1771-2
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