Africa
Cape Verde
São Vicente Municipality

Ilhéu Branco

Ilhéu Branco is an uninhabited 278-hectare islet in the Barlavento group of the archipelago off the coast of north-west Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: islet, Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Ilheu Branco”
  • Historically known as: “Branca Island” and “Round Island”

Ilhéu Branco

Latitude
16.65827° or 16° 39′ 30″ north
Longitude
-24.66963° or 24° 40′ 11″ west
Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)
Open location code
798QM85J+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 9884467
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3374834
Wiki­data ID
Q498999
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Ilhéu Branco” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ilhéu Branco”
  • Cebuano: “Ilhéu Branco”
  • Danish: “Branco”
  • Danish: “Ilheu Branco”
  • Danish: “Ilhéu Branco”
  • Dutch: “Branco”
  • Esperanto: “Insuleto Branco”
  • French: “Branco”
  • German: “Ilheu Branco”
  • German: “Ilhéu Branco”
  • Greek: “Μπράνκο”
  • Greek: “Νησί Μπράνκο”
  • Indonesian: “Ilhéu Branco, Tanjung Verde”
  • Italian: “Ilhéu Branco”
  • Japanese: “ブランコ島”
  • Lithuanian: “Branko sala”
  • Low German: “Branco”
  • Polish: “Ilhéu Branco”
  • Portuguese: “Branco”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Ronda”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhéu Branco”
  • Russian: “Бранку”
  • Spanish: “Islote Blanco”
  • Spanish: “Islote Branco”
  • Swahili: “Branco”
  • Swedish: “Ilhéu Branco”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Ilhéu Branco”. Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.