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Tigres Island
Tigres Island ( pt, Ilha dos Tigres) is an island in Angola. It is situated in the Namibe Province. History It is the largest island of Angola; its area is 98 km. It once had been a small peninsula in Tigres Strait known as ''Península dos Tigres'' with a well established fishing village named Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: ''São Martinho dos Tigres''). The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula on March 14, 1962, and the water line was severed. Tigres became an island overnight with no water supply. Later Tigres and the pump station at the Cunene river mouth were abandoned, and have become ghost towns slowly being reclaimed by the desert. See also *List of lighthouses in Angola * List of islands of Angola * List of ghost towns The following is a list of ghost towns, listed by continent, then by country. Africa Angola * The settlement of Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: ''São Martinho dos Tigres''), situated on a peninsula now kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. Scientific explorations of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angola
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Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. Under Portuguese Angola, Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Namibe, Moçâmedes is the capital of the province with a population of 250,000 in 2014. Iona National Park lies within the province. History From its foundation by the Portuguese in 1840 and until 1985, the area was known as Moçâmedes (also spelled "Mossâmedes"). The current name of the province is derived from the Namib Desert, lying predominantly in Namibia; the northernmost part, however, extended into the province of Namibe. Extensive flooding in the province occurred on April 5, 2001, with the Bero River, Bero and Giraul River severely affecting roads and people in Namibe, Huila Province, Huila and Benguela Province, Benguela provinces. A reported 20 people in Namibe Province lost their lives during the flood. Geography and wildlife Namib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigres Strait
The Tigres Strait, formerly known as Tigres Bay or Great Fish Bay, is a strait in Angola, located in Namibe Province, serving as a separation between the Angolan mainland and the Tigres Island. Geography It once had a small peninsula on its eastern side, with its isthmus in the south and a well established fishing village named Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: ''São Martinho dos Tigres''). The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula in 1962 and the water line was severed. Tigres became an island overnight, Tigres Island, the largest island of Angola. Currently, most of the area of the former bay has become a strait between the island and the mainland. Of the original bay, only a small inlet open to the north —the ''Saco dos Tigres''— remains at the southern end. See also * Geography of Angola Angola is located on the western Atlantic Coast of Southern Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo. It also is bordered by the Democratic Republic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Martin Of The Tigers
Saint Martin of the Tigers (in portuguese: ''São Martinho dos Tigres''), sometimes referred to simply as Village of Tigres Bay (in portuguese: ''Vila da Baía dos Tigres''), is a ghost town in southern Angola, located on Tigres Island, currently separated from the Angolan mainland by the Tigres Strait. For legal purposes it is also a commune in the municipality of Tômbua, in the province of Namibe. It was founded in 1860 as a model settlement town to serve as a population and economic center in one of the most inhospitable regions of the Namibe desert. The Portuguese colonial government sent many inhabitants of the Algarve, with great experience in sea fishing, to found the village of Saint Martin of the Tigers, in the still existing Tigres bay.Azevedo, José Manuel deA colonização do Sudoeste Angolano : do deserto do Namibe ao planalto da Huíla - 1849-1900 Salamanca: Salamanca University, 2014. The village had great infrastructure, having become the largest Angolan fishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lighthouses In Angola
This is a list of lighthouses in Angola. Lighthouses See also * List of lighthouses in the Republic of the Congo (to the north-west) * List of lighthouses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * List of lighthouses in Namibia (to the south) * Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels References External links {{Lighthouses in Africa Angola Lighthouses Lighthouses A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of Angola ...
This is a list of islands of Angola: {{Expand list, date=April 2016 * Bulikoko * Ilha Cacuanza * Ilha Cajú * Ilha da Cazanga * Ilha Cocavuna * Ilha Condo * Dalangombe * Ilha do Dostero * Ilha Holongo * Ilhas Jacinto * Kwanda Island * Ilha Liesse *Ilha de Luanda * Ilha Macundi * Ilhas de Monroe * Ilha Ndalangombe * Ilha Ngola * Ilha Ngunza *Ilhéu dos Pássaros * Ilha Pendi * Ilheús do Pina * Ilha da Quissanga * Ilha Quixingango * Ilha Roca * Ilha de Sacabenda * Ilha Sacra Mbaca * Ilha Sanga * Ilha Selonga * Ilha do Sumbo * Ilha Tchicuanza * Ilha dos Tigres * Ilha Zaida * Islands Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns
The following is a list of ghost towns, listed by continent, then by country. Africa Angola * The settlement of Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: ''São Martinho dos Tigres''), situated on a peninsula now known as the Tigres Island (in Portuguese: ''Ilha dos Tigres''), was originally a small but well-established fishing village. It was supplied with water from the nearby town of Foz do Cunene, at the mouth of the Cunene River. In the 1970s, Saint Martin of the Tigers was cut off from the mainland by the rising sea levels, and its water supply line was severed; both Tigres and Foz do Cunene were subsequently abandoned. The island, bound by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Tigres Strait, lies in a zone that is ideally suited for ecological projects. The island was mentioned in the BBC documentary "Unknown Africa: Angola". Central African Republic * Goroumo, Beogombo Deux, and Paoua are among the many deserted villages created by the actions of government forces and kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ilha (Portuguese for "island") may refer to the following places in Portugal or Mozambique: *Ilha (Santana), a parish in the municipality of Santana, Madeira *Ilha (Pombal), a former parish in the municipality of Pombal *Island of Mozambique The Island of Mozambique ( pt, Ilha de Moçambique) lies off northern Mozambique, between the Mozambique Channel and Mossuril Bay, and is part of Nampula Province. Prior to 1898, it was the capital of colonial Portuguese East Africa. With its ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of Angola
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges Delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands (man-made islands). There are about 900,000 official islands in the world. This number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country. The total number of islands in the world is unknown. There may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted. The number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouses In Angola
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and has become uneconomical since the advent of much cheaper, more sophisticated and effective electronic navigational systems. History Ancient lighthouses Before the development of clearly defined ports, mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since elevating the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
