Serra Negra is a hill in the southeastern part of the island of
Sal in
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 ...
. Its maximum elevation is 104 m, the highest point in southern Sal. It stretches for about 2.5 km along the east coast of the island, between the headland
Ponta da Fragata in the south and the
Ponta do Morrinho Vermelho in the north. The nearest settlement is
Murdeira
Murdeira is a village in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. The village is situated on the west coast, 9 km south of the island capital Espargos and 10 km north of Santa Maria. roughly midway along the island's major highway linking
Murde ...
, to the west. The mountain forms part of
a protected area as a nature reserve, important as nesting area for seabirds and turtles.
Reservas Naturais
Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde The nature reserve covers of land and of ocean.[Resolução nº 36/2016]
Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas
See also
* List of mountains in Cape Verde
This is a list of mountains in Cabo Verde:
List
See also
*Lists of mountains by region
*Geography of Cape Verde
Notes
External links
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Mountains of Cape Verde, *
Lists of mountains by country, Cape Verde
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References
Negra
Geography of Sal, Cape Verde
Protected areas of Cape Verde
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