Ilhéu de Cima
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Ilhéu de Cima Djeu di Sima |
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Area: | 1.5 km² |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Elevation Elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .... : |
121 m |
Length: | approximately 600 to 800 m |
Width: | approximately 200 to 300 m |
Location: | Cape Verde Cape Verde The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa... , north of Brava Brava, Cape Verde Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675... and east of Ilhéu Grande Ilhéu Grande Ilhéu Grande is part of the Ilhéus Secos islet group. Its location is in the west and it represents the largest islet of the chain. The etymology or its origin of name is the big islet in which is the largest islet of the chain... |
Range Mountain range A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain... : |
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Type: | stratovolcano |
Ilhéu de Cima (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC
ALUPEC
The Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano , commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognized by the Cape Verdean government to write Cape Verdean Creole.- Description :...
: Djeu di Sima) is part of the Ilhéus Secos
Ilhéus Secos
Ilhéus Secos or Ilhéus do Rombo are a group of islets in Cape Verde located due north at about 7 to 8 km from the nearby island of Brava. The two major islets of the chain include Ilhéu Grande and Ilhéu de Cima...
islet group. Its location is in the east and it represents the second largest islet of the chain. They are administratively a part of the municipality of Brava. The island is an extinct volcano.
There is also another place called Ilhéu de Cima in Madeira, Portugal.
Geography
The islet contains dry grasslands and rocky coastlines. Its length is around 600 to 800 from southwest to northeast and the width is approximately 200 to 300 m from east to west. The islet features a bay in its northeast side. Two islets lie to the west and another one by its only bay.Panorama
The islet can definitely be seen from the northern part of BravaBrava, Cape Verde
Brava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...
and in the northern Fontainhas mountain range. The islets can rarely be seen in the higher elevations of the western part of the island of Fogo
Fogo, Cape Verde
Fogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:...
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Nearest islands and islets
- A small islet, east
- FogoFogo, Cape VerdeFogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:...
, southeast - BravaBrava, Cape VerdeBrava is an island in Cape Verde. It is the smallest inhabited island, but at the same time the greenest, of Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. First settled in the 1540s, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1675...
, south - Ilhéu GrandeIlhéu GrandeIlhéu Grande is part of the Ilhéus Secos islet group. Its location is in the west and it represents the largest islet of the chain. The etymology or its origin of name is the big islet in which is the largest islet of the chain...
, west - Two small islets, west
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