The Selvagem Grande Island (lit. Big Wild/Savage Island) is part of the Savage Islands

Savage Islands

The Savage Islands, also referred to as the Salvage Islands or the Selvagens Islands, of Sé. They are designated a Nature Reserve, comprising two areas: one on Selvagem Grande Island and the second on Selvagem Pequena Island.-Geography:...

, which themselves are part of the Portuguese

Portugal

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 Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...

 archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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The island (size: 2000 x 1700 m) belongs to the Northeast Group of the Savage Islands, which comprises in addition three islets: Sinho Islet ' onMouseout='HidePop("12677")' href="/topics/Pun">pun

Pun

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 on the same pronounced Ilheucinho, "Little Islet), Palheiro do Mar, and Palheiro de Terra.

Reference points in the island include Atalaia, Leste and Inferno. The peaks include Atalaia, Tornozelos and Inferno. The island has two inhabitants, a guard of the Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

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, and a Portuguese biologist

Biologist

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 studying the bird Cory's Shearwater

Cory's Shearwater

The Cory's Shearwater is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.This species breeds on islands and cliffs in the Mediterranean, with the odd outpost on the Atlantic coast of Iberia. The nest is on open ground or among rocks or less often in a burrow where one white egg is laid,...

 (Calonectris diomedea), cagarra in Portuguese.

The island has a lighthouse

Lighthouse

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, which is automated.