Chaon Island

Ilhéu Raso is an uninhabited volcanic island of 5.76 square kilometres in the Barlavento archipelago of . It is flanked by the smaller islet to the west and by island on its eastern side.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 164 metres (538 feet)
  • Description: island in Cape Verde
  • Also known as
    “Ilhéu Raso”
    “Ilhéu Razo”
    “Raso Island”

Chaon Island

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Latitude
16.61866° or 16° 37′ 7″ north
Longitude
-24.5882° or 24° 35′ 18″ west
Open location code
798QJC96+FP
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Thai—“Chaon Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “ilhéu Raso”
  • Catalan: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • Cebuano: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • Danish: “Razo”
  • Dutch: “Razo”
  • Esperanto: “Insuleto Raso”
  • Finnish: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • French: “Raso”
  • German: “Ilheu Raso”
  • German: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • German: “Raso”
  • Greek: “Νησί Ράζο”
  • Greek: “Ράζο”
  • Indonesian: “Ilhéu Raso, Tanjung Verde”
  • Italian: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • Japanese: “ラソ島”
  • Lithuanian: “Rasas”
  • Lithuanian: “Raso sala”
  • Low German: “Raso”
  • Low German: “Razo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raso”
  • Norwegian: “Raso”
  • Polish: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Chaon”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • Portuguese: “Raso”
  • Portuguese: “Razo”
  • Spanish: “Islote Raso”
  • Swahili: “Razo”
  • Swedish: “Ilhéu Raso”
  • Thai: “อิเลวฮาซู”

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Notable Places Nearby

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