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Island Island An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm... :	Maio Maio, Cape Verde Maio 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...
Municipality:	Maio Maio, Cape Verde Maio 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...
Distance from the island capital of Vila do Maio Vila do Maio Vila do Maio, is a city in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde. It is the main urban settlement of the island, and also seat of the Maio Municipality.... :	about 25 km northeast
Altitude: Lowest: Centre: Highest	Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area... around 25 to 30 m Monte Penoso Monte Penoso Monte 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... (west)

Alcatraz (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC

ALUPEC

The Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Caboverdiano , commonly known as ALUPEC, is the alphabet that was officially recognized by the Cape Verdean government to write Cape Verdean Creole.- Description :...

: Alkatrás) is a village in the eastern part of the island of Maio

Maio, Cape Verde

Maio 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...

. The village is around 25 km northeast of the island capital of Vila do Maio

Vila do Maio

Vila do Maio, is a city in the southwestern part of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde. It is the main urban settlement of the island, and also seat of the Maio Municipality....

 and around south of Pedro Vaz

Pedro Vaz (East Maio), Cape Verde

Pedro Vaz is a settlement in the east of the island of Maio in Cape Verde.-Nearest places:*Alcatraz, south...

 and it is linked with the road encircling the island.

Geography

The village is located in the eastern part of the island and is situated in the dry desert climate and it receives little or no precipitation annually. Farmlands are nearly unavailable and are mainly of cattle and rarely some fruit productions and are nearly the size of the football field and its only has about tens of farms, many foodstuffs are received from the northern and the southern parts of the nation. The area are mostly desert, the flat desert plain which covers the eastern half and hills and mountains including Monte Penoso

Monte Penoso

Monte 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...

 dominates the west and its average elevation not exceeding over 340 m as its highest. Its soil colour ranges from yellow-brown to red. The Monte Estancia

Monte Estancia

Monte 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...

, the island's tallest mountain can be seen to the northeast. The beach soil with some cliffy coastlines covers the shoreline.

See also

• List of villages and settlements in Cape Verde