Ilhéu_de_Fora

Fora Islet

Fora Islet

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Fora Islet (Portuguese: Ilhéu de Fora ("outer islet")) is an uninhabited Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean, forming part of the Savage Islands, a dependant archipelago of the autonomous region of Madeira.

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It lies about 300 kilometres from Madeira and 160 kilometres north of the Canary Islands. The islet (500 by 300 metres (1,640 ft × 980 ft)) has an area of 8 hectares and a maximum altitude of 18 metres.

The island is part of a nature reserve and is home to a variety of petrels, Cory's shearwater being one of the dominant species. The climate is dry and there is very little soil.[1]

In 19th-century English literature, the island was called the 'Little Piton'.[2][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Long-term research on Cory's Shearwaters: Selvagens islands", Project Calonectris, accessed 2011-07-13[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    Knight, E.F., The Cruise of the 'Alerte' , 1890, ISBN 0-246-12312-5
  3. [3]
    Burton, Richard F., To the Gold Coast for Gold, 1883, ISBN 1-4264-3236-4
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