Selvagem Grande Island
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View of Selvagem Grande
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| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Archipelago | Savage Islands |
| Highest point | Pico da Atalaia |
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Portugal
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| Autonomous Region | Madeira Islands |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 2 |
The Selvagem Grande Island (lit. Big Wild/Savage Island) is part of the Savage Islands, which themselves are part of the Portuguese Madeira archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The island (size: 2 x 1.7 km) belongs to the Northeast Group of the Savage Islands, which comprises in addition three islets: Sinho Islet (Portuguese: Ilhéu Sinho, diminutive of só, "lonely",[1] maybe a pun on the same pronounced Ilheucinho, "Little Islet"), Palheiro do Mar, and Palheiro de Terra.
Reference points in the island include Atalaia, Leste and Inferno. The peaks include Atalaia, Tornozelos and Inferno. The highest point is 138 m according to Google Earth imagery. The island has two inhabitants, a guard of the Nature Reserve,[citation needed] and a Portuguese biologist studying the bird Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea), cagarra in Portuguese.
The island has a lighthouse, which is automated.[2]
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Nautical chart of the archipelago (1884)
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Selvagem Grande Island.jpg
The Selvagem Grande Island
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Northern Island, aerial view
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