Selvagem Pequena Island
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Selvagem Pequena Island (lit. Small Wild/Savage Island; size: 800 x 500 m) is an island in the Southeast Group of the Savage Islands
, Madeira
, Portugal
. Its fauna and flora are well preserved due to lack of human interference.
In the 1890 book The Cruise of the 'Alerte'
, the island was called the 'Great Piton'.
It has an active lighthouse.
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:...
, 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...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Its fauna and flora are well preserved due to lack of human interference.
In the 1890 book The Cruise of the 'Alerte'
The Cruise of the Alerte
In 1889, Edward Frederick Knight sailed to Trindade in a 64 foot yawl named the Alerte. He wrote the book The Cruise of the Alerte about his journey with detailed descriptions of Trindade....
, the island was called the 'Great Piton'.
It has an active lighthouse.