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    Atlantic OceanPortugal

    32°33′N 16°32′W

    Desertas Islands

    Ilhas Desertas

    Part of Madeira

    The Desertas Islands are a small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the larger Portuguese Madeira Archipelago.

    Ilhas Desertas in Madeira archipelago, seen from airplane, june 2008.
    Ilhas Desertas in Madeira archipelago, seen from airplane, june 2008.

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    Chart

    45 landforms

    Overview

    The Desertas Islands are a small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the larger Portuguese Madeira Archipelago. The archipelago is located off the coast of Morocco. Deserta Grande Island is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of the eastern tip of Madeira Island, Ponta de São Lourenço.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands2
    • Minor islands1
    • Islets11
    • Rocks & skerries31

    Major islands

    2
    • Deserta Grande Island

      Deserta Grande Island

      Area
      10.2 km²
      High point
      488 m

      The Deserta Grande Island is the main island of the Desertas Islands archipelago, a small chain of three islands in the Portuguese Madeira Islands Archipelago of Macaronesia.

    • Bugio Island

      Bugio Island

      Area
      3.1 km²
      High point
      411 m

      Bugio Island (Portuguese: Ilha do Bugio) — is one of the three islands of the Portuguese Desertas Islands archipelago, a small chain of islands in the Madeira Islands Archipelago of Macaronesia.

    Minor islands

    1

    Islets

    11
    • Unnamed island0.4 ha
    • Unnamed island1 m · 0.3 ha
    • Unnamed island0.3 ha
    • Unnamed island51 m · 0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island1 m · 0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island13 m · 0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island27 m · 0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island5 m · 0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island17 m · 0.1 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    31
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    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m488 mDeserta Grande411 mBugio49 mFarilhão
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.00010.0010.010.1110100Deserta Grande: 10.2 km²Deserta GrandeBugio: 3.1 km²BugioIlhéu Chão: 0.43 km²Ilhéu ChãoUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandFarilhão: <0.1 haFarilhãoUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Deserta Grande Island10.2 km²
    Bugio Island3.1 km²
    Ilhéu Chão0.43 km²
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Farilhão<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs