Do Rombo Islands
The Ilhéus do Rombo, also known as the Ilhéus Secos, are a group of small, uninhabited islands in the Cape Verde archipelago, lying 600 km off the coast of north-west Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archipelago
- Description: island group
- Also known as: “Ilhéus do Rombo” and “Ilhéus Secos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ilhéu de Cima and Ilhéu Grande.
Ilhéu de Cima
Islet
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Ilhéu de Cima is an uninhabited island of Cape Verde. It is part of the Ilhéus do Rombo islet group, located 4 kilometres east of Ilhéu Grande, the other main islet of the group, and 8 kilometres northeast of the island Brava.
Ilhéu Grande
Island
Photo: TenIslands, Public domain.
Ilhéu Grande is an uninhabited island of Cape Verde. It is the largest of the Ilhéus do Rombo islet group, located 4 km west of Ilhéu de Cima, the other main islet of the group, and 7 km north of the island Brava.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Furna.
Furna
Town
Photo: Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Furna is a seaside community in the northeastern part of the island of Brava, Cape Verde. It lies 2.5 km northeast of the island capital of Nova Sintra. At the 2010 census its population was 612.
Do Rombo Islands
- Categories: island group, locality, and landform
- Location: Brava Municipality, Cape Verde, Africa
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Latitude
14.96488° or 14° 57′ 54″ northLongitude
-24.65977° or 24° 39′ 35″ westElevation
97 metres (318 feet)Open location code
796QX87R+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3365486260OpenStreetMap feature
place=archipelago
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Do Rombo Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ilhéus Secos”
- Cebuano: “Ilhéus Secos”
- Chinese: “乾燥群島”
- Dutch: “Rombo-eilanden”
- French: “îles Secos”
- French: “Îles Secos”
- German: “Ilheus do Rombo”
- German: “Ilhéus do Rombo”
- German: “Ilheus Secos”
- German: “Ilhéus Secos”
- Italian: “Ilhéu Secos”
- Italian: “Isole secche”
- Italian: “Isole Secche”
- Lithuanian: “Rombo salos”
- Lithuanian: “Seko salos”
- Low German: “Ilhéus do Rombo”
- Low German: “Ilhéus Secos”
- Polish: “Ilhéus Secos”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéus do Rombo”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéus Secos”
- Spanish: “Ilheus Secos”
- Spanish: “Ilhéus Secos”
- Spanish: “Islotes del Rombo”
- Spanish: “Islotes Secos”
- Swahili: “Ilheus Secos ou do Rombo”
- Swedish: “Ilhéus Secos”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Minhoto and Santa Bárbara.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ilhéu Luís Carneiro and Ilhéu Sapado.
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