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Ilhéu dos Pássaros is an uninhabited rocky islet in the bay of Mindelo, São Vicente Island, 
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 ...
. It lies about west of the headland Ponta João Ribeiro, and northwest of city centre. It lies between the Porto Grande Bay
Porto Grande Bay (), also Mindelo Bay, is a bay on the north coast of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The main city of São Vicente, Mindelo, is situated at the bay. The Porto Grande Bay is a natural harbour. It stretches between the head ...
and the Canal de São Vicente
The Canal de São Vicente is a strait of the Atlantic Ocean separating the islands of Santo Antão, Cape Verde, Santo Antão and São Vicente, Cape Verde, São Vicente, Cape Verde. At its narrowest point, it is wide. The ferry route between the p ...
, the channel of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão. There is a lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
on the islet.
Ilhéu dos Pássaros was depicted on a Cape Verdean $500 escudo bill issued between 1992 and 2000. The Cape Verdean author Orlanda Amarílis
Orlanda Amarílis Lopes Rodrigues Fernandes Ferreira, known as Orlanda Amarílis (8 October 1924 – 1 February 2014) was a Cape Verdean writer. She is considered to be a noteworthy writer of fiction whose main literary themes include perspective ...
published ''Ilhéu dos Pássaros'', a collection of short stories, in 1983.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilheu dos Passaros Uninhabited islands of Cape Verde