Ilhéu dos Mosteiros

Ilhéu dos Mosteiros
Ilhéu dos Mosteiros
Location off Príncipe Island
Geography
Location North of the island of Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe near Bom Bom
Coordinates 1°41′04″N 7°28′09″E / 1.6845°N 7.4691°E / 1.6845; 7.4691Coordinates: 1°41′04″N 7°28′09″E / 1.6845°N 7.4691°E / 1.6845; 7.4691
Administration
Demographics
Population 0
Pop. density 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
Additional information
Stratovolcano

Ilhéu dos Mosteiros is an uninhabited tiny islet in the Gulf of Guinea ;located 880 meters northeast of the island of Príncipe and is one of the smaller islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and is also the nation's easternmost point.[1]

The island name is the Portuguese word for monastery, the islet likely actually never had a monastery.

The islets is the closest landmass of São Tomé and Príncipe to the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea located 206.3 km NNE from a point west of San Antonio de Ureca (or Ureca)

The islet measures 200 meters from SSE to NNW and its width ranges from 95 meters in to 130 meters with other smaller rocks. Like Pedra da Galé to the west, the entire terrain is completely barren. During the Ice Age, it was part of the island of Príncipe and northeast of it was once the second closest point to the African mainland at around 200 km distant from what was Bioko Peninsula, the closest was at the east of the island which was about 192 km from west of what is now Corisco.

The islet is not inhabited by humans. Fauna dominate the island, only birds are the island's fauna, other fauna are in the sea surrounding the islet including fishes and crustaceans.

Since 2012, the islet forms a part of Island of Príncipe Biosphere Reserve.

References

  1. ↑ Ilhéu dos Mosteiros at Wikimapia
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