Canal de São Vicente
Canal de São Vicente | |
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Coordinates | 16°56′N 25°5′W / 16.933°N 25.083°W |
Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | Cape Verde |
Max. length | 25 km (16 mi) |
Max. width | 11 km (7 mi) |
Islands | Ilhéu dos Pássaros[1] |
Settlements | Porto Novo, Santo Antåo Island |
The Canal de São Vicente is a
Ponta de João d'Évora
in the northeast.
The Canal de São Vicente is the habitat of some endemic species, including the demosponge Amphilectus strepsichelifer[3] and the cone snail Conus fernandesi.[4]
References
- ^ "Ilhéu dos Pássaros". Mapcarta. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ a b Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 143: West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 236.
- ^ van Soest, Rob W. M.; Beglinger, Elly J.; de Voogd, Nicole J. (2012). "Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from northwest Africa, with the descriptions of four new species". European Journal of Taxonomy. 18: 1–21.
- . Retrieved 13 November 2021.