Ilhéu Rabo de Junco is an uninhabited islet near the west coast of

Sal Island Sal (Portuguese for "salt") is an island in Cape Verde. Sal is a tourist destination with white sandy beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic ...

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. It lies about from the coast. It is long and wide, its shoreline is about long. It is the only islet near the island of Sal.

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 ...

lies to the southeast of the islet. Further east is the highest point in southern Sal named

Rabo de Junco Rabo de Junco (also: ''Monte Leão'') is a hill on the west coast of the island of Sal in Cape Verde. It is situated at the northern end of the Baía da Murdeira, southwest of the island capital Espargos. Its steep eroded south face towards the ...

, which has an elevation of . The islet is part of the marine nature reserve ''Baía da Murdeira''.Reservas Naturais
Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde

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Uninhabited islands of Cape Verde Geography of Sal, Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-geo-stub