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The Cabras Islet ((ポルトガル語:Ilhéus das Cabras)) is a dual islet, along the southern coast of the island of Terceira in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The group, with a total area of and perimeter of , is the largest islet in the Azores, normally referred to as a single islet ((ポルトガル語:O Ilhéu das Cabras)) by locals, but comprising two landforms: the ''Ilhéu Pequeno'' (''Small Islet'') and the ''Ilhéu Grande'' (''Large Islet''). ==History== Although uninhabited, the islets were used by shepherds, who foraged their goats and sheep on the islets throughout the year during early settlement of the archipelago.〔 Legend also recounts that, for seven years, a young Faialense with a capricious heart was exiled to the islet by the father of his beloved maiden.〔 A reference in the south part of the island of Terceira, there are still some who referred to the time when a German submarine remained hidden in the waters around the islet during World War Two, and from that point it conducted its attacks.〔 From the earliest settlement of the archipelago, the islet was embroiled in controversy associated with their ownership. In 1666, the islets were part of the property of Braz Pires do Canto, son of Sebastião Martins do Canto. Two hundred and six years later, on 26 February 1872, the islets were registered in the name of Miguel do Canto e Castro Pacheco de Sampaio, a descendent of Braz Pires. Miguel do Canto was a Peer of the Realm, and lived in Lisbon, relying on the representation of his aunt, Margarida Cândida do Canto, a resident of Angra do Heroísmo. The registry was justified, owing to the islets having been successively a property of the family. Ownership later transferred to José Francisco do Canto's grandfather, Miguel do Canto e Castro Pacheco de Sampaio.〔Lisbon District Land Registry Office (5 March 1873), Book F5, No. 2146, pp. 20〕 On 11 February 1905, they again changed ownership, becoming the property of Dr. Eduardo Abreu, medic, and his wife Adelaide de Brito do Rio Abreu, landowner and resident of the city of Amares, as part of the legacy of D. Maria Luísa do Canto e Castro da Silva Ataíde, who willed it to him (approved 3 November 1888). Their son, Henrique Abreu, then a resident of Braga, transferred the lands into his name on 26 September 1910.〔Braga Land Registry Office, Book F19, No. 9391, p. 145〕 Today, the islets remain the private property of the descendents of the family of José Luís Evangelho. Vitorino Nemésio referred to the islets as "''a estátua da nossa solidão''" ("the statute of our solitude") in his book ''Corsário das Ilhas'' (1956). In 2011, the ZPE was formally integrated into the Nature Park of Terceira, that included the entirety of the ZPE (Special Protection Area) that encompassed the islets, and the waters around them:〔DRE (20 April 2011), p. 2361–2362〕〔DRE (20 April 2011), p.2365〕 * () Área Protegida dos Ilhéus das Cabras, that included all the land above sea level, encompassing the cliffs and landsforms;〔DRE (20 April 2011), p. 2371〕 * () Área Marinha Protegida dos Ilhéus das Cabras〔 Underwriting this classification was the necessity to protect marine wildlife, specifically marine birds, that were nesting the cliffs and rocky outcrops of the landforms.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cabras Islets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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