Morro Negro
| Morro Negro | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 156 m (512 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains in Cape Verde |
| Coordinates | 16°6′13″N 22°40′41″W / 16.10361°N 22.67806°WCoordinates: 16°6′13″N 22°40′41″W / 16.10361°N 22.67806°W |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Formation |
 Cape Verde
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| Location | Morro Negro Boa Vista Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 16°6′8.8″N 22°40′39.0″W / 16.102444°N 22.677500°W |
| Year first constructed | ~1930 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Tower shape | square prism tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, red lantern |
| Height | 11.9 metres (39 ft) |
| Focal height | 163 metres (535 ft) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | 31 nautical miles (57 km; 36 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 20s. |
| Admiralty number | D2916 |
| NGA number | 24197 |
| ARLHS number | CAP-014 |
| Cape Verde number | PT-2102 |
Morro Negro is a hill located near the east coast of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. It sits at an of elevation 156 m, and is the easternmost hill or mountain in the nation. The nearest village is Cabeça dos Tarrafes, 5.5 km to the northwest.
The area forms a part of a nature reserve named Tartaruga (Tartaruga Nature Reserve, Portuguese: Reserva Natural Tartaruga), rarely known as the Morro Negro Turtle Reserve, Portuguese for turtle which protects the area's turtle population especially in its beaches. It forms a large space alongside the coast and partly interior that is parallel with its length and width dominating the southeast of the island. Its total area is about 15,000 hectares, of which 1,439 hectares are terrestrial and 13,436 hectares are marine, its length is about 5 km or 3 nautical miles from the shore.
There is a lighthouse on the hill, one of two such structures on the island. Surrounding the mountain is Ponta do Roque (a rocky point) is its nearest promontory and a beach named Cruzinha Brito. A salinary marsh and a lagoon dominates the southeast of the area.
The lighthouse as built around the 1930s. It sits at 151 meters above sea level, it is 11 meters tall and its focal height is 163 meters tall making it the highest in Cape Verde, just a meter above Farol da Ponta de Tumbo near Janela on the island of Santo Antão's. Its light range is 57 km (31 nmi) making it the longest in the nation.
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