Monte Estância is Boa Vista

Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Boa 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...

's tallest mountain

Mountain

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 located in the southeastern part of the island in Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

 not far from another tall mountain. The island's summit is located southeast of Sal Rei

Sal Rei

Sal Rei is a city on the northwestern coast of the island of Boa Vista in eastern Cape Verde. Sal Rei is the island's main urban settlement, and the 18th largest community in Cape Verde after Cidade Velha. It is also the seat of the Boa Vista Municipality...

. The area surrounding the mountain are almost entirely flat, rocky, desert-like and has traces of vegetation, the elevation at the lower part no higher than 30 to 50 m. The mountain is entirely of volcanic origin. It is also inaccessible by roads but they can be seen around the mountain. The panorama offers a view to much of the island (due to the flat landscape) except for the northern part and areas around the mountain as well as a few settlements around the island. The 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...

is a few kilometres to the southeast.