Rabo de Junco (also: ''Monte Leão'') is a hill on the west coast of the island of Sal in

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. It is situated at the northern end of the

Baía da Murdeira Baía da Murdeira is a wide crescent shaped bay on the southwest coast of the island of Sal in Cape Verde. It takes its name from the village Murdeira Murdeira is a village in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The village is situated on the west co ...

, southwest of the island capital

Espargos Espargos (Portuguese for "asparagus") is the capital and main commercial centre of the island and municipality of Sal, Cape Verde. The city

. Its steep eroded south face towards the bay is an important nesting area for birds. Rabo de Junco and the surrounding are protected as a ''nature reserve''.Resolução nº 36/2016
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Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde It was mentioned as ''Rabadyunk'' in the 1747 map by

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of t ...

. To its west lies the uninhabited islet Ilhéu Rabo de Junco.

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