List of mountains in Cape Verde
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This article is a list of mountains in Cape Verde:
- Pico do AlbertoPico do AlbertoPico do Alberto is a mountain located in the eastern part of São Nicolau island in Cape Verde. The mountain's summit is located south of Juncalinho. The mountain are almost rocky, desert-like and has traces of vegetation. The area around are mountains except for further south where the Atlantic...
on São Nicolau - Pico da Antónia on Santiago IslandSantiago, Cape VerdeSantiago , or Santiagu in Cape Verdean Creole, is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation’s population. At the time of Darwin's voyage it was called St. Jago....
- Monte BatalhasMonte BatalhasMonte Batalhas is a mountain in the island of Maio in Cape Verde.-Geography and Information:...
on MaioMaio, Cape VerdeMaio is the easternmost of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde. Maio is located south of the islands of Boa Vista and east of Santiago. The island is also known for its large forest, which is unusual for Cape Verde.-Geography:The island covers an area of 269 km²... - Monte BissauMonte BissauFor the capital of Guinea-Bissau, see BissauMonte Bissau is a mountain located in the central part of the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde. The mountaintop is near the centre of the island. The island's summit is located not far and east of Ribeira Brava and west of Juncalinho. The mountain are...
on São Nicolau - Monte Cara on São Vicente
- Caixa on São Vicente
- Topo de CoroaTopo de CoroaTopo de Coroa is Santo Antão's tallest and Cape Verde's second tallest mountain. It is in the western portion of the island. Its height is 1,979 m. The mountain is entirely of volcanic origin and is the most westerly mountain of Africa. The mountain area contains several valleys, and its ranges...
on Santo Antão - the island's tallest and Cape Verde's second tallest peak, it is also the westernmost in all of Africa - Monte EstânciaMonte EstanciaMonte Estância is Boa Vista's tallest mountain located in the southeastern part of the island in Cape Verde not far from another tall mountain. The island's summit is located southeast of Sal Rei. The area surrounding the mountain are almost entirely flat, rocky, desert-like and has traces of...
on Boa VistaBoa Vista, Cape VerdeBoa Vista is the easternmost island of Cape Verde. It is located in the Barlavento group of the archipelago. The island is known for marine turtles and traditional music, as well as its ultramarathon and its sand dunes and beaches... - FateixaFateixaFateixa is a rocky and treacherous coastline in the west of the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde. Fateixa is accessed only to SUV or agricultural vehicles meaning the road is unsafe and unpaved...
on São Vicente - Mount FogoMount FogoPico do Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde, rising to above sea level. It is an active stratovolcano lying on the island of Fogo. The main cone last erupted in 1675, causing mass emigration from the island, while a subsidiary vent erupted in 1995...
on FogoFogo, Cape VerdeFogo is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m above sea level at Pico do Fogo.-Geography:...
- Cape Verde's tallest peak - Monte FontainhasMonte FontainhasMonte Fontainhas is a volcanic mountain on Brava island in Cape Verde.-Geography:The mountain is made up of rocks with soil colours being orange-like, tan and light brown. The mountain contains several ledges and one of them is steep. The caldera is around 300 m long and about 15 m in height...
on Brava - Monte GordoMonte Gordo, Cape VerdeMonte Gordo is São Nicolau's tallest mountain located in the westcentral part of the island in Cape Verde. Its height is 1,312 m, some calculates as high as 1,340 m. The mountain and its ranges is entirely of volcanic origin. Since 2005, the municipal boundary of Tarrafal de São Nicolau and Ribeira...
om São Nicolau - the island's tallest peak - Monte GrandeMonte Grande (Sal), Cape VerdeMonte Grande is a mountain in the northern part of the island of Sal in Cape Verde.-Geography and Information:...
on Sal IslandSal, Cape VerdeSal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
and is the tallest peak - Serra da MalaguetaSerra da MalaguetaSerra da Malagueta is a mountain range located in the northern portion of the island of Santiago.Much of the mountains are grassy and rocky but they contain some forests in the area as well as grasslands to the west, the south and the east.-Panorama:...
on Santiago - the island's second tallest peak - Mountain south of Topim on São Vicente
- Monte PenosoMonte PenosoMonte Penoso is Maio's tallest mountain located in the eastern part of the island in Cape Verde. The island's summit is located northeast of Vila do Maio and south of Pedro Vaz. The area surrounding the mountain are almost entirely flat, rocky, desert-like and has traces of vegetation, the...
on Maio - the island's tallest peak - Monte São JoãoMonte São JoãoMonte São João is a mountain in the westcentral part of the island of São Vicente. Windmills which powers hydro to the island lies to the northwest.-Nearest places:*São Pedro, west*Montona, northwest*Mindelo, north...
on São Vicente - Serra NegraSerra Negra, Cape VerdeSerra Negra is a mountain in the southcentral part of the island of Sal in Cape Verde. The small mountain range runs from southwest to northeast and its length is nearly 1.5 to 2 km and the width is between 500 and 600 m.-Geography and Information:...
- on Sal - Monte TrigoMonte TrigoMonte Trigo is the entire Africa's westernmost community and settlement in the island of Santo Antão located in the western portion in Cape Verde....
on Santo Antão - Monte VerdeMonte Verde, Cape VerdeMonte Verde is the tallest mountain in the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. The mountain is located east of the city of Mindelo, the island's main city...
on São Vicente - the island's tallest peak - Monte VermelhoMonte VermelhoMonte Vermelho is Sal's tallest mountain located in the northeastern part of the island in Cape Verde. The location of the mountain is not far from its island's tallest mountain Monte Grande. The mountain and its ranges is entirely of volcanic origin. The mountain are entirely deforested and...
- VianaViana, Cape VerdeViana is a volcanic mountain in the southeast portion of the island of São Vicente.-Geography:...
- small twin peaks of São Vicente
See also
- List of mountains
- Geography of Cape VerdeGeography of Cape VerdeCape Verde is a group of arid Atlantic islands which are home to a number of birds and reptiles and constitute a unique ecoregion in the World Wildlife Fund classification.- Location and description :...