Ilhéu de Cima

Ilhéu de Cima
Ilhéu de Cima
Geography
Location Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates 14°58′16″N 24°38′17″W / 14.971°N 24.638°W / 14.971; -24.638Coordinates: 14°58′16″N 24°38′17″W / 14.971°N 24.638°W / 14.971; -24.638
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)
Administration
Cape Verde
Concelhos (Municipalities) Brava
Demographics
Population 0

Ilhéu de Cima is an uninhabited island of Cape Verde. It is part of the Ilhéus do Rombo 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. Surrounding islets include Ilhéu Luiz Carneiro, Ilhéu Sapado and Ilhéu do Rei. The island is part of the integral nature reserve Ilhéus do Rombo,[1] famous for its seabirds colonies.[2]

The southern part of the islet is the highest, culminating at 77 m. This is where the Ilhéu de Cima Lighthouse is situated,[3] the only building on the island. The islet was mentioned as "Ghuay" in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.[4]

Notable endemic fauna found on the island include the Iago sparrow. 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.[5] A species of sponge Esperiopsis cimensis was found in the deep waters surrounding the islet.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nature reserves of Cape Verde" (PDF).
  2. ↑ birdlife.org
  3. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2018. p. 428.
  4. ↑ Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1747). "Carte des Isles du Cap Verd = Kaart van de Eilanden van Kabo Verde" (in French).
  5. ↑ Bourne, W. R. P. (1955). "The Birds of the Cape Verde Islands". Ibis. 97 (3): 508–556. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1955.tb04981.x.
  6. ↑ van Soest, Rob W. M., Elly J. Beglinger & Nicole J. De Voogd, 2012: Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from northwest Africa. European journal of taxonomy, 18: 1–21.
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