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St. Peter and Paul Rocks

The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago is a group of 15 small islets and rocks in the central equatorial Atlantic Ocean. It lies in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a region of the Atlantic characterized by low average winds punctuated with local thunderstorms.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Brazilian archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean
  • Also known as: “Penedo de São Pedro”, “Peñedo de São Pedro e São Paulo”, “Rochedas São Paulo”, “Rochedos São Paulo”, “Rochedos São Pedro e São Paulo”, “Saint Paul”, “Saint Paul Rocks”, “Saint Paul’s Rocks”, “Saint Peter and Paul Rocks”, “Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago”, “Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks”, and “St. Paul Rocks”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: john.vergari, CC BY 2.0.

St. Peter and Paul Rocks

Latitude
0.91709° or 0° 55′ 2″ north
Longitude
-29.34544° or 29° 20′ 44″ west
Open location code
69GGWM83+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 416063847
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3388171
Wiki­data ID
Q241357
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Satellite Map

Discover St. Peter and Paul Rocks from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“St. Peter and Paul Rocks” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint Petrus en Sint Paulus-argipel”
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل القديس بطرس والقديس بول”
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل القديس بطرس والقديس بولس”
  • Azerbaijani: “San-Paulu adaları”
  • Basque: “Done Petri eta Done Paulo artxipelagoa”
  • Basque: “Done Petri eta Done Paulo uhartedia”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Педру-і-Сан-Паўлу”
  • Breton: “Inizi Pêr ha Paol”
  • Bulgarian: “Архипелаг Сао Педро и Сао Пауло”
  • Catalan: “São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • Cebuano: “Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • Chinese: “圣佩德罗和圣保罗群岩”
  • Czech: “Svatý Petr a Pavel”
  • Danish: “Sankt Peter og Sankt Poul øgruppen”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Pieter-en-Sint-Paulusrotsen”
  • Esperanto: “Sanpedroepaula rokinsularo”
  • Finnish: “São Pedro ja São Paulo”
  • French: “rochers de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul”
  • French: “Rochers de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul”
  • French: “Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul”
  • French: “São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • Galician: “Arquipélago de San Pedro e San Paulo”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა პეტრესა და წმინდა პავლეს არქიპელაგი”
  • German: “Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo”
  • German: “Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • German: “Sankt-Peter-und-Pauls-Felsen”
  • German: “Sankt-Peter-und-Sankt-Pauls-Felsen”
  • German: “Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo”
  • German: “São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • German: “St.-Peter-und-St.-Pauls-Felsen”
  • Greek: “Αρχιπέλαγος Αγίων Πέτρου και Παύλου”
  • Greek: “Βράχοι του Αγίου Πέτρου και του Αγίου Παύλου”
  • Hebrew: “ארכיפלג פטרוס הקדוש ופאולוס הקדוש”
  • Hindi: “सेंट पीटर और सेंट पॉल द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “São Pedro- és São Paulo-szigetcsoport”
  • Italian: “arcipelago di San Pietro e San Paolo”
  • Italian: “Arcipelago di San Pietro e San Paolo”
  • Japanese: “サンペドロ・サンパウロ群島”
  • Japanese: “セントピーター・セントポール群島”
  • Korean: “상페드루 상파울루 군도”
  • Latvian: “Sanpedru un Sanpaulu salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Petro ir Pauliaus salos”
  • Low German: “Sankt-Peter-un-Sankt-Pauls-Felsen”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Петар и Павле”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Peter og St. Paul-øyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Peter og St. Paul-øyene”
  • Norwegian: “St. Peter og St. Paul-øyene”
  • Persian: “مجمع‌الجزایر سنت پیتر و سنت پاول”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Świętego Piotra i Pawła”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • Portuguese: “Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • Russian: “Сан-Паулу”
  • Russian: “Сан-Педру-и-Сан-Паулу”
  • Slovak: “Ostrov svätého Petra a Pavla”
  • Slovenian: “Čeri svetega Petra in Pavla”
  • Spanish: “archipielago de san Pedro y san Pablo”
  • Spanish: “archipiélago de san Pedro y san Pablo”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago de San Pedro y San Pablo”
  • Swedish: “São Pedro e São Paulo-arkipelagen”
  • Tamil: “செயின்ட் பீட்டர் மற்றும் செயின்ட் பவுல் தீவுக்கூட்டம்”
  • Turkish: “São Pedro ve São Paulo Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Педру-і-Сан-Паулу”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ پیٹر اور سینٹ پال مجمع الجزائر”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ پیٹر اور سینٹ پال مجموعہ الجزائر”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo São Pedro và São Paulo”

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