Monte Graciosa

Monte Graciosa

Monte Graciosa
Highest point
Elevation 654 m (2,146 ft)
Listing List of mountains in Cape Verde
Coordinates 15°17′57″N 23°44′56″W / 15.29917°N 23.74889°W / 15.29917; -23.74889Coordinates: 15°17′57″N 23°44′56″W / 15.29917°N 23.74889°W / 15.29917; -23.74889
Geography
Monte Graciosa

northern Santiago

Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano

Monte Graciosa (Portuguese meaning “gracious mountain”) is a third tallest mountain and ranges in the island of Santiago in Cape Verde in the northern part northeast of the town of Tarrafal. Its erlecation is 645 m. Monte Graciosa has been a protected area since 2003. The park land includes Ponta Preta.

Geography

The mountain is located just east of the Baía de Tarrafal.

Topography

Monte Graciosa are the three main important summits on the island after Serra da Malagueta (1,064 m) and Pico da Antónia (1,394 m) to the south.[1]

Geology

The mountain mainly composes of phonolitic rocks and are covered with basalt layers in the achada (plateau) area and descends to the ocean. The bast features andesite and nepheline rocks with fluid texture, formed by feldspathic rocks including andesine and labradorite.[2]

Park area

Sarcostemma daltonii, an endemic plant of Cape Verde

The natural park features about 2.4% of the endemic plants in the country,[3] notably Campylanthus glaber ssp. glaber (alecrim brabo), Euphorbia tuckeyana, Kickxia webbiana (agrião de rocha), Kickxia dichondrifolia, Nauplius daltonii ssp. daltonii, Paronychia illecebroides (palha de formica), Sarcostemma daltonii (gestiba) and Siderxylon marginata (marmolano or marmulano)[4]

Other plants in the park includes Jatropha curcas and Prosopis juliflora (American acacia) founded higher than 200 m altitude.

Tourism

Farol da Ponta Preta in the lower part of the range

Other landmarks includes Farol da Ponta Preta located in the northwest end of the island west of the mountain. The lighthouse was featured in a Cape Verdean stamp in 2004.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Senna Barcellos p. 29
  2. ↑ Comunicações dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, vol. 17-19, 1931, p. 181-182.
  3. ↑ Plano director municipal : Tarrafal de Santiago, 2010, p. 57
  4. ↑ Plano director municipal, op. cit., p. 36-37
  5. ↑ "CV014.04". Universal Postal Union.

Bibliography

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