My First Official Postcard From- Cape Verde
Beautiful Stamp
São Vicente, also Son Visent or Son Sent in
Cape Verdean Creole, is one of the Barlavento islands of Cape Verde. It is
located between the islands of Santo Antão and Santa Luzia, with the Canal de
São Vicente separating it from Santo Antão ,
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Geography
The island is roughly rectangular in shape with a
surface area of ca. 227 square kilometres (88 square miles). From east to west
it measures 24 kilometres (15 miles) and from north to south no more than 16
kilometres (9.9 miles). The terrain includes mountains in the west, the
southwest, the south, the east-central and the north. The area is flat in the
north-central, the central part, the eastern part south of Calhau and the
northern part in the Baía das Gatas area. The urban area of Mindelo is in the
northern part.
Although volcanic in origin, the island is quite flat.
Its highest point is Monte Verde (Portuguese for green mountain) located in the
northeast-central part with an altitude of 725 metres (2,379 feet). Although a
great amount of erosion has taken place, some craters still remain — in
particular near the bay of Mindelo. Other mountaintops include Monte
Cara and Topona.
Up to the mid-20th century, trees were scarce in
the island. Most of the island is deforested. The deforested parts of the
island remains in the north, the east, the south and the westernmost portion.
Most of the wide valleys have become forested along with its smaller dales
particularly in the middle part .
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