Ilhéu do Baluarte
| Native name: Baluarti | |
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 Ilhéu do Baluarte
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| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 16°9′12″N 22°39′41″W / 16.15333°N 22.66139°W |
| Archipelago | Cape Verde |
| Area | 0.02 km2 (0.0077 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Highest point | 5 |
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| Concelhos (Municipalities) | Boa Vista |
Ilhéu do Baluarte (Portuguese for "braithwait", known as Braithwait Island up to the mid 20th century) is a small uninhabited tiny islet of the Sotavento archipelago in Cape Verde located northeast of the Boa Vista and is part of the parish of São João Batista. It has the easternmost point in Cape Verde. From that point, its distance to the African mainland is about 560 km east. Its length mainly goes from east to west, the highest point is only five meters and is a flat and rocky isle made up of basaltic rocks, its location is located northeast of Ponta do Rife between the abandoned salt mines and Porto Ferreira.
10 km immediately to the east has waters 1,000 km deep and forms a part of the Cape Verde Rise. Some 20-30 km east is the Cabo Verde (or Cape Verde) seamount (sometimes in Latin: Extracapitis, off the cape).
It became an integral protected natural area in 1990, visits can only be done by the permission of local authorities. Park boundaries is partly marked at Ponta do Rife, the abandoned salt mines and Porto Ferreira. The reserve boundary extends 300 meters into the sea protecting marine life. The area is 7.65 hectares and the marine portion is 87 hectares
Fauna includes yellowfin tuna and gannets.
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