Fogo Natural Park ( pt, Parque Natural do Fogo), on the island of Fogo, is one of ten "natural parks" in the country of Cape Verde.Parques Naturais
Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde The protected area is ,Resolução nº 36/2016
Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas which is 17.8% of the total area of the island. 50% of the park lies within the municipality

Santa Catarina do Fogo Santa Catarina do Fogo is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. Situated in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, it covers 32% of the island area (152.95 km2), and is home to 14% of its population (5,299 at the 2010 census). ...

, 28% in municipality of Mosteiros and 22% in São Filipe. The natural park is situated in the interior of the island, and covers the volcano

Pico do Fogo Pico do Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde and West Africa, rising to above sea level. It is an active stratovolcano lying on the island of Fogo. The main cone last erupted in 1680, causing mass emigration from the island. A subsidiary vent ...

, its crater and crater rim ( Bordeira) and the forest of Monte Velha. The volcano is active; the most recent eruption was in 2014-15.Eruptive history of Mount Fogo
at the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

Flora and fauna

The volcano area of Fogo is an Important Bird Area. Key bird species are

Fea's petrel The Fea's petrel (''Pterodroma feae'') is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, '' Pterodroma''. It was previously considered to be a subspecies of the soft-plumaged petrel (''P. mollis''), but they are actually not closely related at al ...

, Boyd's shearwater and Cape Verde swift. The ocean around the island of Fogo is another Important Bird Area covering . The endemic plants ''

Echium vulcanorum ''Echium vulcanorum'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Boraginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Te ...

'' (

endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and in ...

) and ''

Erysimum caboverdeanum ''Erysimum caboverdeanum'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animal ...

'' ( critically endangered) are only found on the outer crater rim of the

volcano A volcano is a rupture in the Crust (geology), crust of a Planet#Planetary-mass objects, planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Ear ...

of Fogo.

References

National parks of Cape Verde Geography of Fogo, Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-geo-stub