Praia das Gatas

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Praia das Gatas
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LocationNortheastern Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Coordinates 16°11′38″N22°42′32″W / 16.194°N 22.709°W / 16.194; -22.709 Coordinates: 16°11′38″N22°42′32″W / 16.194°N 22.709°W / 16.194; -22.709
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Praia das Gatas (Portuguese meaning "beach of the cats") is a sandy beach in the northeastern part of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. The nearest village is Fundo das Figueiras, 5 km to the southwest. It forms a part of Northern Nature Park (Parque Natural do Norte). [1] The small island Ilhéu dos Pássaros lies off the coast at the Praia das Gatas.

Portuguese language Romance language that originated in Portugal

Portuguese is a Western Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in the Malacca state of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole. Reintegrationists maintain that Galician is not a separate language, but a dialect of Portuguese. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as "Lusophone" (Lusófono).

Boa Vista, Cape Verde Cape Verde island

Boa Vista, also written as Boavista, is a desert-like island that belongs to the Cape Verde Islands. At 631.1 km2 (243.7 sq mi), it is the third largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago.

Cape Verde Country comprising ten islands off the Northwest coast of Africa

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Praia de Chaves

Praia de Chaves is a beach in the western part of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde, close to the town Rabil. It is about 5 km long.

Praia de Santa Mónica

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Praia de Atalanta

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Deserto de Viana

The Deserto de Viana is a sand desert in the northwestern part of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. It is situated east of the towns Rabil and Sal Rei, and west of Bofarreira. The desert itself is not a protected area, but it is adjacent to the nature reserve Boa Esperança, which includes the Lagoa do Rabil and the Praia de Atalanta.

Morro Negro mountain in Cap-Vert

Morro Negro is a hill located near the east coast of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. Its elevation is 156 m. The nearest village is Cabeça dos Tarrafes, 5.5 km to the northwest.

Povoação Velha Settlement in Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Povoação Velha is a village in the southwestern part of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. The village is around 16 km south of the island capital Sal Rei.

Praia de Cabral

Praia de Cabral is a beach on the northwest coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde in the immediate area of the town of Sal Rei. Nearby in Praia de Fátima is an abandoned chapel of Our Lady of Fatima.

Ervatão

Ervatão or Porto de Ervatão is a beach on the southeast coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. At its eastern end is the headland Ponta de Ervatão. Ervatão is part of the Turtle Nature Reserve. The area of Ervatão receives 70% of all turtles nesting on Boa Vista. In July 2009, 8,000 turtle nests were counted.

Praia da Varandinha

Praia da Varandinha is a beach on the southwest coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. It lies north of the headland Ponta Varandinha. The beach forms part of the protected area Morro de Areia Nature Reserve.

Praia Harbor

Praia Harbor is the port of the city of Praia in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated in a natural bay of the Atlantic Ocean. Since the latest modernization in 2014, it has 2 long quays, 3 shorter quays, a quay for fishing boats with fish processing installations, 2 container parks, 2 roll-on/roll-off ramps and a passenger terminal. The total length of the quays is 863 m, and the maximum depth is 13.5 m. The port of Praia played an important role in the colonization of Africa and South America by the Portuguese. With 817,845 metric tonnes of cargo and 85,518 passengers handled (2017), it is the second busiest port of Cape Verde, after Porto Grande (Mindelo).

Morro de Areia Nature Reserve

Morro de Areia Nature Reserve is a nature reserve covering the southwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. It takes its name from the hill Morro de Areia, 167 m (548 ft) elevation. The natural reserve covers 21.31 km2 of land area, and stretches along the coast from the Praia de Chaves in the north to the Praia de Santa Monica in the south. The reserve includes a 300 m wide marine protection zone, an additional 4.36 km2.

Ilhéu dos Pássaros (Boa Vista)

Ilhéu dos Pásaros is a small uninhabited islet in the Cape Verde archipelago. It lies about 700 meters off the northeastern coast of the island of Boa Vista, near the beach Praia das Gatas. The area of the islet is 0.82 hectares (0.0032 sq mi)); with 38 ha of surrounding marine area it forms a protected area. It is a low, flat islet, covered with sedimentary material and sand. It is connected with the main island by a chain of reefs and volcanic rocks. It is an important nesting site for white-faced storm petrel and band-rumped storm petrel.

Praia de Carquejinha

Praia de Carquejinha is a beach on the south coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde Neighboring beaches are Praia de Santa Mónica to the west and Praia de Curral Velho to the east. The beach is about 8 km long.

References

  1. Protected areas in the island of Boa Vista - Municipality of Boa Vista, March 2013 (in Portuguese)