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	The Desertas Islands - print version
		Deserta Grande is the largest with a length of 12 km and south of it there is Bugio (='monkey') with a length of 7,5 km, where the Fea's Petrel breeds.
		In 1990 the Desertas became a Nature Reserve, comprising the islands themselves and the surrounding sea to a depth of 100 metres, south from the Research Station at Carga da Lapa and the Fajã Grande on the east.
		The Desertas was the private property of two English families from Madeira from 1894 to 1971, as were the Salvage islands (the Selvagens were owned by a Portuguese, Luis Rocha Machado, and were bought before the Desertas by the State), but in 1971 the Portuguese State bought them and turned them into Nature Reserves.
	madeira.seawatching.net /desertas_print.html (907 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The high, long, and rocky islands of the group are barren of soil, and the only wildlife consists of about sixteen bird species, eight being seagoing, and a scarce population of non native goats, rabbits, and rodents, brought from Portugal by the mariners who first touched the rocky shores.
		This water is however murky and scarce, and all historical attemps to colonise the island failed due to the impractibility of communal agriculture.
		The islands of the Desertas are Deserta Grande, Bugio and ChÃ£o Islet.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Desertas_Islands (252 words)

	Monachus Science 1 - Monachus Guardian 3 (2): November 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Desertas Islands belong to the Madeiran archipelago and are located 11 miles SE of the main island (Madeira).
		In practice, the Desertas Islands became the last part of the Madeiran archipelago with suitable conditions for monk seal survival.
		It demonstrates that the seals are gradually reacquiring a sense of security on the Desertas Islands and consequently returning to their natural and original habitats and behaviour.
	www.monachus.org /mguard06/06scien1.htm (1259 words)

	Travel-Island.com - Interesting Madeira Island
		Madeira, known originally to the Romans as the Purple Islands, was rediscovered (accidentally[citation needed]) by Portuguese sailors and settled by Portugal in 1418.
		Madeira Island is the largest island of the group with 741 km², has a length of 30 geographical miles (57 km), an extreme breadth of 13 miles (22 km), and a coastline of 80 or 90 miles.
		Its longer axis lies east and west, in which direction it is traversed by a mountain chain, the backbone of the island, having a mean altitude of 4000 feet (1220 metres), from which many deep ravines radiate outward to the coast.
	www.travel-island.com /travelogue/madeira.island.azores.html (454 words)

	Monachus Science 1 - Monachus Guardian 3 (2): November 2000
		The Desertas Islands belong to the Madeiran archipelago and are located 11 miles SE of the main island (Madeira).
		In practice, the Desertas Islands became the last part of the Madeiran archipelago with suitable conditions for monk seal survival.
		It demonstrates that the seals are gradually reacquiring a sense of security on the Desertas Islands and consequently returning to their natural and original habitats and behaviour.
	www.monachus-guardian.org /mguard06/06scien1.htm (1259 words)

	Madeira Airports, Airports in Madeiras Islands, Madeiras Airports Portugal
		The Autonomous Region of Madeira is composed by Madeira Island, Porto Santo Island, Desertas Islands and Savage Islands.
		Funchal, the capital of Madeira Island, is on the south coast of the principal island.
		Madeira Island is the largest island and has a length of 30 geographical miles (57 km) and a coastline of 80 or 90 miles.
	www.airgorilla.com /airports/europe/portugal/madeiras-islands.html (514 words)

	Madeira Island - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information
		Islands Desertas are composed of Ilheu Chao, Deserta Grande and Bugio, located 22 miles Southeast of Funchal.
		They are the last sanctuary of the monk seal, Monachus Monachus, for this reason the islands were declared protected territory by the government in 1990.
		According to the tourist office on the island, it is the second highest cliff face in the world.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Madeira-Island-62625.html (732 words)

	Funchal Municipality (Portugal)
		Funchal is the regional capital of Madeira, being with it’s 115 840 inhabitants (in 10 communes covering 76 km²) by far the island’s largest settlement.
		Desertas is a three island group, aligned North-South some 10 km southeast of the easternmost tip of Madeira, with a total area of about 20 km².
		These islands are in fact nearer to Canary Islands than to Madeira and there have been some recent and discrete moves of the spanish Navy and Diplomacy to annexate the islands and/or revert its status to that of uninhabitable rock (cp.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/pt-fun.html (570 words)

	The Best Pelagic Birding in the World - Azores, Madiera and the Canary Islands
		Macaronesia - The Azores, Madiera Archipelago, the Salvage Islands,and the Canary Islands
		Macaronesia (the Azores, the Madeira Archipelago, the Salvage Islands, the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde Islands).
		Remarkably, the island is one of the most densly populated areas of Europe, with an average of 65 people per square mile.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /AzoresandCanarys.html (1581 words)

	Mediterranean Monk Seal News III - Monachus Guardian 2 (1): May 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Desertas Islands Nature Reserve was legally established in May 1990 by a Regional Decree issued by the Parliament of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal.
		Following the establishment of the Desertas Islands Reserve, conflicts between seal and fishermen declined significantly, and the protection of the species and its habitat was strictly enforced, enabling the population to gradually recover.
		The Nature Park of Madeira, in collaboration with the city council of Santana in the north of the island, is constructing a Warden Station in the reserve, which is also to incorporate a visitor and educational centre.
	www.monachus.org /mguard03/03medney.htm (1611 words)

	Hapag Lloyd Destinations Atlantic Islands
		The Atlantic Islands were the birthplace of the Portuguese colonisation pattern of exploration, settlement, agricultural conversion of lands, the institution of the plantation model (donatary captaincy), and the incorporation of African slave labour on a large scale.
		This continued until the era of Prince Henry when the Canary Islands became important as a supply way-station for expeditions sailing the Canary route that was the shortest course to the West African coast.
		This pattern of discovery and settlement was repeated in 1460 with Fernao Gomes' discovery of the Cape Verde Islands, and in 1470 with the discovery of Saõ Tomé.
	www.hapaglloydcruises.co.uk /destinations.php?destId=15 (340 words)

	CAMINHADASmadeira · Adventure
		Also named the Golden Island, after its golden fine sand dunes which extent approximating 7 km, present a paradise scenario great for resting.
		This are uninhabited islands and belongs to the Madeira Nature Reserve.
		A visit to these islands may only be authorised by the competed authorities.
	www.caminhadasmadeira.com /portoSantoedesertas2.htm (75 words)

	Desertas Islands - Bonita da Madeira - Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island
		Desertas Islands - Bonita da Madeira - Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island
		Desertas are a group of three uninhabited islands, which lies about 15 miles southwest of Madeira.
		The islands are classified as Natural Reserve, primarily to protect the rare species of monk seals.
	www.madeirahelp.com /bonita_da_madeira_desertas_islands (142 words)

	EUROPA - Environnement - Nature and Biodiversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mainly the island of Bugio in the archipelago of the Desertas (Madeira, Portugal), but action is also to be undertaken in the other islands of the Desertas, especially Deserta Grande, and potentially, the Azores.
		The island of Bugio is listed as an Important Bird Area (Grimmett and Jones 1989) and the Desertas have been designated as a Special Protection Area by the Portuguese Government under Article 4 of the EU Wild Birds Directive.
		The Desertas are already wardened and this has significantly reduced the killing of seabirds by man. The presence of permanent wardens must be maintained and increased, under the auspices of the Natural Park of Madeira.
	ec.europa.eu /environment/nature/nature_conservation/focus_wild_birds/species_birds_directive/birdactionplan/pterodromafeae.htm (3698 words)

	Parque Natural da Madeira
		In Madeira we have two monk seal colonies, one being at the Nature Reserve of the Desertas Islands (22 nautical miles Southeast Funchal) and another at Ponta da Sao Lourenco, a remote peninsula at Eastern Madeira island.
		The Desertas island have been a protected area since 1990, and from 1988 an effective and strict protection of the seals and their habitat has been undertaken.
		The decline of the monk seal population in Madeira, and as well all around its range area, was due to the disturbance and killing by fishermen in the competition for the fish on the depleted fish ground, due to overfishing.
	www.weburbia.com /seals/madeira.htm (516 words)

	Property in the Madeira Islands for sale, Portugal. Real Estate Agents.
		Amazingly different from the island of Madeira, there is almost no vegetation at all and its southern coast is bordered by a 9 kilometers of golden beach.
		The Selvagens, three small islands and many tiny islets, are situated a couple of hundred kms to the south and are a natural bird reserve designated for scientific study.
		The islands of Desertas consisting of three islands; Deserta Grande, Chão and Búgio, are strictly a nature reserve.
	www.sunshineestates.net /reg_sum/madeira_islands.html (727 words)

	Desertas Islands - Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island
		The Desertas Islands are visible from Funchal to the South-east, at about 18 miles distant.
		Deserta Grande, as the name says, is the largest of those islands, with 10 km long at its greatest width with 1,5 km.
		This is the reason why it is more protected than the other islands, so you can only pass around by boat at the depth line of 100 meters.
	www.madeirahelp.com /desertas_islands (277 words)

	Parque Natural da Madeira
		The Desertas island have been a protected area since 1990, and from 1988 an effective and strict protection of the seals and their habitat has been undertaken.
		The decline of the monk seal population in Madeira, and as well all around its range area, was due to the disturbance and killing by fishermen in the competition for the fish on the depleted fish ground, due to overfishing.
		The monk seal population of Desertas and Ponta de Sao Lourenco are the only in Portugal and also in the open Atlantic.
	www.weburbia.demon.co.uk /pg/madeira.htm (516 words)

	Madeira - A Beautiful Island - Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information
		Funchal is the capital of the island, Santa Cruz is where the airport is located, Porto Moniz is on the other end of the island and Santana is known for its typical Santana-houses.
		The island of Madeira is 35 miles long and 13 miles wide.
		The island is about 350 miles from the Maroccan coast in Africa and 620 miles from the European continent.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Madeira---A-Beautiful-Island-62570.html (366 words)

	Madeira Islands Tourism
		Madeira Islands are just a short trip from Europe, to a destination where you can combine holidays on the beach, in the mountains or in the city.
		This island, with a 9‑kilometre beach of golden sand washed by warm, crystalline waters is the ideal refuge for a quiet, relaxing holiday.
		The Desertas Islands are about 22 miles southwest of Funchal and have been made a biogenetic reserve, which, today, is that last Atlantic refuge of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), the rarest seal in the world.
	www.madeiratourism.org /pls/wsm/wsmwdet0.detalhe_conteudo?p_cot_id=434&p_lingua=en&p_sub=1 (473 words)

	Full-day trip to Desertas Islands \| Madeira Wind Birds \| Madeira Birdwatching - Birding
		The “Desertas” islands (115º SE), are said to be the ancestral lair of dangerous pirates and is currently a nature reserve as the habitat for Monk Seals and a seabirds sanctuary.
		These islands have recently been officially acknowledged by the European Union as a Biodiversity Reserve of special scientific interest.
		We will go ashore to explore the “Deserta Grande” Island where you will be able to hike through unspoilt terrain and enjoy a guided tour through the Nature Reserve and a visit to the Nature wards dwelling.
	www.madeirabirds.com /desertas (378 words)

	Madeira-island
		The island of Madeira lies on a longitude between 16° 16' 30'' W and 17° 16' 38'' W, and latitude between 32° 22' 20'' N and 33° 7' 50''.
		The archipelago is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, 500 km from the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from mainland Europe (Portugal is its closest country on that continent).
		It consists of the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo and the uninhabited Selvagens and Desertas islands.
	www.videiras.com (367 words)

	Elderhostel : Program Unavailable
		Born from the fiery lava of ancient volcanoes, the archipelagos of the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores teem with wonders of natural history and riches of human achievement.
		For millennia, these "blessed islands" have lured explorers and settlers; the Romans called Madeira the Purple Islands, while Homer and Plato, with tales of Elysian Fields and Atlantis, wove the Canary Islands into the lore of the Mediterranean.
		And on the tiny island of Corvo, venture to the rim of the 900-foot-deep caldera to study the forces that formed the landmass of the island.
	www.elderhostel.org /Programs/unavailable.asp?part=13654 (801 words)

	Savage Islands Information
		The Savage Islands (in Portuguese: Ilhas Selvagens, pron.
		Although remote and isolated, the islands have received official visits from two Portuguese heads of state, Mário Soares and Jorge Sampaio, to reinforce Portuguese national sovereignty and to highlight the area's status as a national nature reserve.
		The richest islands in flora are the Selvagem Pequena Island and Fora Islet because they have never suffered the introduction of non-indigenous animals or plants.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Savage_Islands (590 words)

	Madeira's Nature Reserves - Garajau, Ilhas Desertas, Ilhas Selvagens, Natural Park of Madeira
		The "Ilhas Desertas" formerly owned by a British Family, the Hintons, were appropriated by the local Madeira government.
		These birds are to be found in the highest altitudes of the main island of Madeira.
		A group of very small islands, formerly owned by a wealthy family in Madeira, the Rocha Machado family (banking), were declared a nature sanctuary in 1971 when the property ceased to be in the possesion of the family and turned over to the government.
	www.madeira-island.com /features/1999/nature_park/index2.html (338 words)

	Desertas Islands - Madeira
		The Desertas Islands photographed from Ponta da Cruz at dawn, August 2002.
		Desertas seen from the plane towards south, August 2004.
		The main island Madeira seen from Doca on Deserta Grande in August 2002.
	madeira.seawatching.net /galleries/desertas/index.html (142 words)

	..:: ventura do mar ::.. - nature activities \| natural emotions -
		In 1990 the Desertas became a Nature Reserve, comprising the islands themselves and the surrounding sea to a depth of 100 metres.
		Since 1992 Desertas became part of the European Biogenetic Reserves, mainly because of all the marine birds that breed there and the population of monk seals that uses this island for resting and breeding.
		This is a tour to the most eastern peninsula of the island of Madeira, with 9 km long and 2 km wide, including the two islands Ilhéu da Cevada and Ilhéu da Ponta de São Lourenço, for all that enjoy a close relation to the nature.
	www.venturadomar.com /pelagic_tours.htm (2225 words)

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