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Ilhéu De Cima Lighthouse
Ilhéu de Cima Lighthouse () is a lighthouse on Ilhéu de Cima located about 80 m above sea level. The lighthouse is the only building inside the integral nature reserve Ilhéus do Rombo. It is a small white tower 4 meters in height with a white lantern, the lighthouse is solar powered. The caretaker's house is next door. It flashes white lights every 12 seconds, its range is . See also *List of lighthouses in Cape Verde The following article is a list of lighthouses in Cape Verde. Cape Verde has tens of lighthouses scattered across its nine major islands. The lighthouses are administered by the Direction of Marine and Ports (''Direcção Geral de Marinha e Portos' ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cima Ilheu Lighthouse Brava Municipality Lighthouses in Cape Verde ...
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Ilhéu De Cima
Ilhéu de Cima is an uninhabited island of Cape Verde. It is part of the Ilhéus do Rombo islet group, located east of Ilhéu Grande, the other main islet of the group, and northeast of the island Brava. They are administratively a part of the Brava municipality. Surrounding islets include Ilhéu Luiz Carneiro, Ilhéu Sapado, and Ilhéu do Rei. The island is part of the integral nature reserve ''Ilhéus do Rombo'', famous for its seabird colonies. The southern part of the islet is the highest, culminating at . This is where the Ilhéu de Cima Lighthouse is situated, the only building on the island. The islet was mentioned as "Ghuay" in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Notable endemic fauna found on the island include the Iago sparrow. In the mid-1950s, W. R. P. Bourne observed females remaining in flocks while males began to take up locations on rocky slopes from which they could sing. A species of sponge Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrat ...
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands lie between west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa. The List of islands of Cape Verde, Cape Verde islands form part of the Macaronesia ecoregion, along with the Azores, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Isles. The Cape Verde archipelago was uninhabited until the 15th century, when Portuguese Empire, Portuguese explorers colonized the islands, establishing one of the first Age of Discovery, European settlements in the tropics. Due to its strategic position, Cape Verde became a significant location in the Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade during the 16th and 17th centuries. The islands experienced economic growth during this period, driven by their role by the rapid emergence of merchants, priva ...
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Ilhéus Do Rombo
The Ilhéus do Rombo, also known as the Ilhéus Secos ( Portuguese for "Dry Islets", because of their aridity and paucity of vegetation), are a group of small, uninhabited islands in the Cape Verde archipelago, lying off the coast of north-west Africa in the Atlantic Ocean. The islets form an integral nature reserve.Resolução nº 36/2016
, Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas
They are sited on a north of Brava and west of
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List Of Lighthouses In Cape Verde
The following article is a list of lighthouses in Cape Verde. Cape Verde has tens of lighthouses scattered across its nine major islands. The lighthouses are administered by the Direction of Marine and Ports (''Direcção Geral de Marinha e Portos'') or DGMP. Boa Vista, Cape Verde, Boa Vista Brava, Cape Verde, Brava Fogo, Cape Verde, Fogo Maio, Cape Verde, Maio Sal, Cape Verde, Sal Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago Santo Antão, Cape Verde, Santo Antão São Nicolau, Cape Verde, São Nicolau São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente See also * Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels References External links

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Brava Municipality
Brava or La Brava may refer to: Geography *Brava, Cape Verde, a volcanic island *Brava, Costa Rica, an island of Costa Rica (Isla Brava) *Costa Brava, a coastal area Mediterranean of northeast Spain *Barawa, a town in Somalia commonly known as ''Brava'' *La Brava Lake *La Brava San Javier Department, Santa Fe *Ciénaga La Brava Pedraza, Magdalena *La Brava Atlántida, Uruguay People *Linda Brava, Finnish violinist *La Brava (My Hero Academia), La Brava (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' Brands and products *Brava (beer), a brand of premium lager from the Lakeport Brewing Company *Vauxhall Brava, also known as the Bedford Brava, a pickup truck *Various Fiat models: **Fiat Brava, a 5-door hatchback **Fiat 131#Brava (USA), Fiat Brava, a family car sold in the United States Other uses *La Brava (novel), ''La Brava'' (novel), Elmore Leonard *Brava (TV channel), a Dutch cultural television channel Music *"Brava (song), Brava", a song by Mina ...
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