Monte Fontainhas is a volcanic mountain

Mountain

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 on 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...

 island in 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...

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Geography

The mountain is made up of rocks with soil colours being orange-like, tan and light brown. The mountain contains several ledges and one of them is steep. The caldera is around 300 m long and about 15 m in height. The mountain features grasslands along with pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

 trees around the slopes since the area receives precipitation. Unpaved and earthened roads encircles the mountain and are not frequently used.

Panorama

The mountain offers a panoramic view of almost all of the island except for the northernmost and the westernmost parts which are blocked by another mountains, also seen are 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:...

 in the northeast and 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...

 islets to the north. The mountain ranges can see most of the island's places including Nova Sintra do Monte, Vila Nova Sintra, Campo Grande

Campo Grande

-Climate:Campo Grande has a highland tropical climate, semi-humid, hot, and notably seasonal, with a dry winter season from May through September or October. Under the Koppen climate classification Campo Grande features a tropical wet and dry climate, albeit a noticeably cooler version of the...

, Cova Joana to the north, Lime Doce to the west and Cachaço to the south.