Praia Inhame

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Praia Inhame
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Praia Inhame
LocationSouthern island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe near Porto Alegre
Coordinates 0°01′29″N6°31′11″E / 0.0248°N 6.5197°E / 0.0248; 6.5197 Coordinates: 0°01′29″N6°31′11″E / 0.0248°N 6.5197°E / 0.0248; 6.5197
GeologyBeach

Praia Inhame is a beach in the southernmost part of the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies directly east of the southernmost point of the island, Ponta Homem da Capa, and 2 km southwest of the village Porto Alegre. There is an eco lodge near the beach. The Canal das Rolas separates it from Ilhéu das Rolas.

São Tomé Island island

São Tomé Island, at 854 km2 (330 sq mi), is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe and is home to about 157,000 or 96% of the nation's population. The island is divided into six districts. It is located 2 km north of the equator.

São Tomé and Príncipe country in Africa

São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, about 140 kilometres apart and about 250 and 225 kilometres off the northwestern coast of Gabon, respectively.

Porto Alegre, São Tomé and Príncipe Village in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe

Porto Alegre is a village in Caué District on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 795. Porto Alegre lies 2.5 km northeast of the southernmost point of São Tomé Island, Ponta Homem da Capa. It is 1.5 km west of Ponta Baleia, 17 km southwest of São João dos Angolares and 40 km southwest of the capital São Tomé. Across the Canal das Rolas lies the Ilhéu das Rolas. On the east side of Ponta Homem da Capa is the beach Praia Inhame. The plantation complex Roça de Porto Alegre was established around 1890 by Jacinto Carneiro de Sousa e Almeida. The oldest preserved building dates from 1918.

A new species of snake was found near the beach in 2017. It was named Naja peroescobari , named after the 15th century Portuguese explorer Pero Escobar. [1]

Naja peroescobari is a species of snakes in the family Elapidae. It was previously considered as a forest cobra introduced by the Portuguese to limit proliferations by rats. However, it was recently discovered to be a different species, endemic to the island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe. The holotype was found near the beach Praia Inhame, southwest of Porto Alegre. It was named by Ceríaco et al. after the Portuguese explorer Pêro Escobar. Naja peroescobari is one of the few predators on the island that faces terrestrial mammals such as the black rat and the weasel.

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Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe is a small nation composed of an archipelago located in the Gulf of Guinea of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. The nation's main islands are São Tomé Island and Príncipe Island, for which the country is named. These are located about 300 and 250 kilometres, respectively, off the northwest coast of Gabon in Central Africa. The nation's geographic coordinates are a latitude of 1°00′N and a longitude of 7°00′E.

Transport in São Tomé and Príncipe relies primarily on road infrastructure for local needs and airports and sea travel for international needs. São Tomé and Príncipe does not have railways.

Príncipe island off of the coast of Africa

Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of 136 square kilometres (53 sq mi) and a population of 7,324 (2012). The island is a heavily eroded volcano speculated to be over three million years old, surrounded by smaller islands including Ilheu Bom Bom, Ilhéu Caroço, Tinhosa Grande and Tinhosa Pequena. Part of the Cameroon Line archipelago, Príncipe rises in the south to 947 metres at Pico do Príncipe. The island is the main constituent of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, established in 1995, and of the coterminous district of Pagué.

Caué District District in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe

Caué is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island. Covering 267 km2 (103 sq mi), it is the largest of the nation's seven districts in terms of area. In population it is the smallest, with 6,031 residents (2012). The district seat is São João dos Angolares. It is divided into the two statistical subdistricts São João dos Angolares and Malanza.

Ilhéu das Rolas island

Ilhéu das Rolas is an islet in the African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. The island lies on the equator, off the southern tip of São Tomé Island, separated by Canal das Rolas. Its maximum elevation is 96 m. Its population is 76. It is part of the Caué District. Access is only by ferry departing from Ponta Baleia on São Tomé Island. There is a lighthouse on the islet, built in 1929. Its focal height is 106 meters and its range is 12 nmi. The island is home to a small resort, the Pestana Equador.

Tinhosa Grande island in São Tomé and Príncipe

Tinhosa Grande is an uninhabited islet in São Tomé and Príncipe, located 23 km (14 mi) southwest of the island of Príncipe and 124 km (77 mi) northeast of the island of São Tomé. Together with the smaller islet Tinhosa Pequena, 4 kilometers to its north, it forms the Pedras Tinhosas group. It is 55 metres high, and its area is 20 hectares.

São Tomé green pigeon species of bird

The São Tomé green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The species was described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. They have disappeared from Ilhéu das Rolas due to habitat loss. There are around 10,000 pigeons of this species today.

The São Tomé free-tailed bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss. Only three individuals have ever been documented.

Pestana Equador building in São Tomé and Prí­ncipe

The Pestana Equador is a beach resort on the Ilhéu das Rolas, at the southern tip of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is owned and operated by the Pestana Group of hotels and resorts. It is one of the very few resorts in the planet that has the equator and lying in two hemispheres. The area forms the settlement of Ilhéu das Rolas.

Greeff’s giant gecko is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is found on islands in the Gulf of Guinea off the east coast of Africa.

Phrynobatrachus leveleve is a species of frogs in the Phrynobatrachidae family. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe and is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. They are found on the island of São Tomé and the associated Ilhéu das Rolas in areas up to 1,412 meters above sea level.

Ponta Baleia Village in São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe

Ponta Baleia is a headland and a settlement in the south of Caué District on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 43. The locality lies 1.5 km east of Porto Alegre and 2 km southeast of Vila Malanza. A ferry goes from Ponta Baleia to Ilhéu das Rolas.

Canal das Rolas

The Canal das Rolas is a strait of the Atlantic Ocean separating the small Ilhéu das Rolas from the southernmost point of the island of São Tomé, in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is 1.2 nautical miles wide. There is a ferry departing from Ponta Baleia on São Tomé Island to Ilhéu das Rolas.

The Annobon dwarf gecko is a species of gecko. It is only found on a number of islands or islets in the Gulf of Guinea, specifically Annobon, Príncipe, São Tomé, and Ilhéu das Rolas.

References

  1. ↑ Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Marques, M.P.; Schmitz, A.; Bauer, A.M. (2017). "The "Cobra-preta" of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is A New Species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae)". 4324 (1). Zootaxa. pp. 121–141. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.7.
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