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The Selvagem Grande Island (lit. Big Wild/Savage Island) is part of the Savage Islands, which themselves are part of the Portuguese Madeira archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. The island (size: 2 x 1.7 km) belongs to the Northeast Group of the Savage Islands, which comprises in addition three islets: Sinho Islet ((ポルトガル語:Ilhéu Sinho), diminutive of ''só'', "lonely",〔http://www.infopedia.pt/pesquisa-global/sinho〕 maybe a pun on the same pronounced ''Ilheucinho'', "Little Islet"), Palheiro do Mar, and Palheiro de Terra. Reference points in the island include Atalaia, Leste and Inferno. The peaks include Atalaia, Tornozelos and Inferno. The highest point is 138 m according to Google Earth imagery. The island has two inhabitants, a guard of the Nature Reserve, and a Portuguese biologist studying the bird Cory's shearwater (''Calonectris diomedea''), ''cagarra'' in Portuguese. The island has a lighthouse, which is automated.〔(Lighthouse Depot Online - Selvagem Grande Light )〕 IMRAY(1884) p0129 SALVAGE ISLANDS.jpg|Nautical chart of the archipelago (1884) Selvagem Grande Island.jpg|The Selvagem Grande Island Northern Savage Island, Atlantic Ocean.jpg|Northern Island, aerial view ==References== 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「Selvagem Grande Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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