Cal Islet
Cal Islet is a small island about 500 m south of Porto Santo Island, in the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal. With an area of 1.40 km2, Cal is the largest of six islets close to Porto Santo. The highest point is 178 m. The islet has never been inhabited.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: João Máximo, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Michael Gaylard, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal
- Also known as: “Ilhéo da Cal” and “Ilheu de Baixo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cabeço do Zimbralinho and Ferro Island.
Cal Islet
- Categories: islet, geosite of Madeira, paleontological site, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
33.00858° or 33° 0′ 31″ northLongitude
-16.38715° or 16° 23′ 14″ westElevation
169 metres (554 feet)Open location code
8C552J57+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 24796154OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2271220Wikidata ID
Q1658454
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Satellite Map
Discover Cal Islet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Turkish—“Cal Islet” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Isleta da Cal”
- Aragonese: “Isleta de Baixo”
- Cebuano: “Ilhéu de Baixo”
- Dutch: “Cal Islet”
- Dutch: “Ilheu da Cal”
- Dutch: “Ilhéu da Cal”
- Finnish: “Ilheu da Cal”
- Finnish: “Ilhéu da Cal”
- Finnish: “Ilhéu de Baixo”
- French: “Îlot de Cal”
- German: “Ilheu da Cal”
- German: “Ilhéu da Cal”
- Japanese: “カル島”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéu da Cal”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéu de Baixo”
- Russian: “Кал”
- Spanish: “Islote de Cal”
- Turkish: “Cal Adacığı”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abandoned house and Abandoned house.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cal Islet”. Photo: João Máximo, CC BY 2.0.