Ilhéu de Cima
Ilhéu de Cima
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| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 14°58′16″N 24°38′17″W / 14.971°N 24.638°WCoordinates: 14°58′16″N 24°38′17″W / 14.971°N 24.638°W |
| Total islands | 3 |
| Area | 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi) |
| Length | 2.2 km (1.37 mi) |
| Width | 0.94 km (0.584 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
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Cape Verde
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| Concelhos (Municipalities) | Brava |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
 Cape Verde
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| Location | Ilhéu de Cima Sotavento Islands Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 14°57′54.5″N 24°38′30.8″W / 14.965139°N 24.641889°W |
| Construction | masonr tower |
| Tower shape | square prism tower with lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Height | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
| Focal height | 80 metres (260 ft) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 12s. |
| Admiralty number | D2904 |
| NGA number | 24260 |
| Cape Verde number | PT-2190 |
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Ilhéu de Cima is an uninhabited island of Cape Verde. It is part of the Ilhéus Secos islet group, located 4 km east of Ilhéu Grande, the other main islet of the group, and 8 km northeast of the island Brava. They are administratively a part of the Brava municipality. Also it is more than 14 km west of the island of Fogo. Surrounding islets include Ilhéu Luíz Carneiro (or Luis Carneiro), Ilhéu Sapado and Ilhéu do Rei (Portuguese for King's Islet). The island is an integral nature reserve, famous for its seabirds colonies.
The northern part of the islet is lower but the southern part is higher and has a couple of hills.
Other geographic features include Baixa or Boca de Porto in the west and Baixo Cabeção (Baixo Cabeçon) and Baixo Daniel (Baixo Dánel).
At the area which separates the island, the highest point there is about 250 meters. During the Ice Age, it separated Brava between 4 to 5 km.
Tourism and fishing are rarely common around the islet.
Its average temperature is 23 °C., its highest temperature in March is 26 °C, and the lowest temperature being 22 °C in June. Average yearly rainfall is 280 mm, the wettest is in September with 125 mm and the driest is in April with only a millimeter.
The main islet was mentioned as "Ghuay" in the 1747 French/Dutch map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin.
Notable endangered fauna founded on the island include the Iago sparrow, on the island. 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 Esperiopsis cimensis are founded in the waters surrounding the islets, they were discovered on 23 August 1986 and was named in 2012 after where it was first founded, the islet. They are founded in deep waters southeast at the depth of between 100 to 200 meters and in calcareous sandy areas.
In the island's south there is a lighthouse located about 80 m above sea level.and is the only building, its lighthouse used for ships around Brava. Ships headed to and from Mindelo and others such as Southwestern Europe and Brazil cross within the lighthouse from the 1880s and the Great Depression of 1929.
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