Ilhéu de Baixo
Ilhéu de Baixo | ||
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View from Graciosa to Ilhéu de Baixo | ||
Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
Archipelago | Azores | |
Geographical location | 39 ° 0 ′ 29 ″ N , 27 ° 56 ′ 23 ″ W | |
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length | 580 m | |
width | 240 m | |
surface | 9 ha | |
Highest elevation | 73 m | |
Residents | uninhabited | |
Ilhéu de Baixo as part of the municipality of Luz |
Ilhéu de Baixo is an uninhabited island on the southeast tip of the Azores island of Graciosa . It is known for its wealth and diversity of sea birds and is therefore a nature reserve.
geography
The 9 hectare island is 700 meters from Ponta da Restinga, the southeastern Cape Graciosas. The island is the 73 m high remnant of an eroded volcanic cone . It has a few caves and is surrounded by smaller rocks.
natural reserve
Ilhéu de Baixo is the breeding area of a species-rich community of sea birds and is therefore designated by BirdLife International together with the neighboring Graciosa coast and a marine area of 203 hectares as the Important Bird Area PT059 "Ilhéu de Baixo e costa adjacente" and by the Portuguese state as Sítio de Importância Comunitária "Ilhéu de Baixo, Restinga e Medidas de Gestão Propostas" (PTGRA0015) shown. High conservation values of the applicable Bulwer's Petrel ( Bulweria bulwerii ), the Sepia shearwaters ( Calonectris diomedea ), the roseate tern ( Sterna dougallii ), the common tern ( Sterna hirundo ), the Barolo shearwater ( Puffinus Baroli ), the little egret ( Egretta garzetta ) the Madeira wave runner ( Oceanodroma castro ) and the Cape Verde petrel ( Pterodroma feae ). Are also represented the Steinwälzer ( Arenaria interpres ), the Sanderling ( Calidris alba ), the Seeregenpfeifer ( Charadrius alexandrinus ), the rock pigeon ( Columba livia ), the Weißkopfmöwe ( Larus cachinnans Atlantis ), the gull ( Larus marinus ), the black-headed gull ( Larus ridibundus ) and the whimbrel ( Numenius phaeopus ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data sheet for the Important Bird Area PT059 (PDF; 97 kB), accessed on June 19, 2019 (Portuguese)
- ↑ a b Vera Guerreiro u. a .: Caracterização Ecológica e Sócio-Económica do Sítio de Importância Comunitária Ilhéu de Baixo, Restinga (PTGRA0015) e Medidas de Gestão Propostas. ( Memento of April 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: Arquivos do DOP, Série Estudos . No. 19/2004 (PDF; 2.1 MB, Portuguese)