Ilhéu de São Lourenço

Ilhéu de São Lourenço
Waters	Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago	Azores
Geographical location	36 ° 59 '9.5 "  N , 25 ° 2' 36.2"  W Coordinates: 36 ° 59 '9.5 "  N , 25 ° 2' 36.2"  W.
length	240 m
width	190 m
surface	3 ha
Highest elevation	84  m
Residents	uninhabited
Historical map of the Bay of Sao Lourenço (1869)

The Ilhéu de São Lourenço , also called Ilhéu do Romeiro , is a small island off the east coast of the Azores island of Santa Maria . It belongs to the municipality of Santa Bárbara in the district of Vila do Porto .

The rocky island is located at the southern end of the Bay of São Lourenço, a little over 100 m east of the Ponta Negra headland. The steeply rising round island with a narrow headland facing east has a stalactite cave accessible to boats .

The Ilhéu de São Lourenço is part of the Reserva Natural da Baía de São Lourenço protected area of the IUCN Category V ( Protected Landscape ) .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reserva Natural da Baía de São Lourenço ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Freguesia de Santa Bárbara, accessed on July 27, 2017 (Portuguese) 
2. ↑ Sao Lourenco on azoren-online.com, accessed on July 27, 2017
3. ↑ Protected Landscape Area of ​​the Baía de São Lourenço on the website of the Government of the Azores, accessed on July 27, 2017 (English).

Web links

Commons : Ilhéu de São Lourenço  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  São Lourenço Bay

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  Cave entrance