Ilhéu Grande (Cape Verde)

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Ilhéu Grande
Satellite image
Satellite image
Waters Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Ilhéus do Rombo
Geographical location 14 ° 58 ′ 7 ″  N , 24 ° 41 ′ 25 ″  W Coordinates: 14 ° 58 ′ 7 ″  N , 24 ° 41 ′ 25 ″  W
Ilhéu Grande (Cape Verde) (Cape Verde)
Ilhéu Grande (Cape Verde)
length 1.5 km
width 800 m
surface 3 km²
Residents uninhabited
Ilhéu Grande (top left)
Ilhéu Grande (top left)

Ilhéu Grande is an island of the Ilhéus do Rombo , an archipelago in the southwest of the Cape Verde Islands .

geography

The flat, almost vegetation-free islet is still the largest island of the Ilhéus do Rombo with around 3 km² of land. This group of islands is located around 6 km northeast of the island of Brava . Four kilometers east of Grande is Ilhéu de Cima , the easternmost island of the Ilhéus do Rombo.

Like its neighboring islands, Ilhéu Grande is rocky and uninhabited.