Bugio Island () — is one of the three islands of the Portuguese
Desertas Islands archipelago
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, a small chain of islands in the
Madeira Islands Archipelago of
Macaronesia
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.
It is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of
North Africa
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, and to the southeast of
Madeira Island.
The island is part of the Desertas Islands
nature reserve
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, with no approach to the island closer than 100 m without a permit.
The island has breeding
Desertas petrels.
See also
*
Deserta Grande Island
*
Ilhéu Chão — ''Chão islet''.
External links
Madeirabirds.com: Desertas Islands boat tripsMadeiraarchipelago.com: photos of the Desertas Islands—''Ilhas Desertas''
Islands of the Autonomous Region of Madeira
Uninhabited islands of Portugal
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