Terras Salgadas

The Terras Salgadas (Portuguese meaning the salty lands, also in the Capeverdean Crioulo forms of ALUPEC or ALUPEK and the São Vicente: Ponta d' Sol) is a flat terrain covering the northern half of the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde. The land is rich in saltpanes in which the terrain is named after and are located to the northwest. The salt are mined in small quantities, most of them are not mined. The saltpanes is located northwest of the nearest settlement of Morrinho. Distance is also located 30 km north of the island capital, Vila do Maio and west of Santo Antônio. Its elevations reach as high as 10 to 20 m.

Nearest features

Ponta Cais, north

Geography

The terrain are near the mountains to the southeast. The Atlantic Ocean surrounds the west, the north and the east.

Panorama

The terrain offers a view of the Atlantic Ocean as well as the northern and the central parts of the island that contains mountains. A small part of the island of Boa Vista lies to the north.

The island of Maio and the surrounding islands

Communities and settlements	Alcatraz Barreiro Calheta Cascabulho Figueira da Horta Morrinho Morro Pedro Vaz Pilão Cão Praia Gonçalo Ribeira Dom João Santo Antônio Vila do Maio (Porto Inglês)

Parishes	Nossa Senhora da Luz

Mountains	Monte Batalha Monte Penoso

Other geographical features	Ponta Cais Chão de Estância Baía de Galeão Baía La Figueira Ilhéu Laje Branca Ponta Preta Terras Salgadas Baía da Santana