Ilhéu da Vila do Porto

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Ilhéu da Vila do Porto
Ilheu da vila 2.JPG
Waters Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Azores
Geographical location 36 ° 56 '32 "  N , 25 ° 10' 18"  W Coordinates: 36 ° 56 '32 "  N , 25 ° 10' 18"  W.
Location of Ilhéu da Vila do Porto
length 550 m
width 250 m
surface 7.7 ha
Highest elevation 52  m
Residents uninhabited

Ilhéu da Vila do Porto , sometimes just called Ilhéu da Vila , is an uninhabited rocky island west of the coastal town of Vila do Porto on the Azores island of Santa Maria .

geography

The 7.7 hectare island is located about 300 meters off the west coast of Santa Maria and reaches a height of 52 m above sea ​​level .

fauna

The island is designated as an Important Bird Area (PT068) by BirdLife International . It represents the core zone of the nature reserve "Ilhéu da Vila and neighboring coast" ( Portuguese Zona de Protecção Especial "Ilhéu da Vila e costa adjacente" ) and is regionally the place with the greatest biodiversity of seabirds . The island is home to several bird colonies, e.g. For example, the Madeira wave caterpillar , which with 200 breeding pairs is one of the three largest of this species in the Azores. The Bulwer petrel and the black tern have their only breeding colonies here in the entire Azores. You can also find the yellow-billed shearwater , the little shearwater , the sandwich tern , the rose tern , the common tern and several species of gulls and herons .

Web links

Commons : Ilhéu da Vila do Porto  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c PT068 Ilhéu da Vila on the BirdLife International website, accessed July 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ A. Meirinho, MC Magalhães, M. Pitta Groz: Proposta de Plano de Gestão da Zona de Protecção Especial Ilhéu da Vila e costa adjacente (PDF file; 1.08 MB). In: Arquivos do DOP. Série Estudos 9, 2004, 52 pages (Portuguese)