Monte Vermelho, Fogo

Monte Vermelho, Fogo
Coordinates: 14°50′43″N 24°19′41″W / 14.8454°N 24.3281°W / 14.8454; -24.3281Coordinates: 14°50′43″N 24°19′41″W / 14.8454°N 24.3281°W / 14.8454; -24.3281
Country Cape Verde
Island Fogo
Municipality Santa Catarina do Fogo
Civil parish Santa Catarina do Fogo
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 221

Monte Vermelho is a settlement in the southeastern part of the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. It is situated 16 km east of the island capital São Filipe and 6 km southwest of Cova Figueira. Its 2010 census population was 221. Its elevation is about 400 meters. Nearby places include Mãe Joana to the north, Figueira Pavão to the northeast, Fonte Aleixo to the west-southwest and Achada Furna to the west-northwest. 2 km southeast is Ponta da Alcatraz.

It has one subdivision named Dacabalaio located about a kilometer north, it is located 15 km east of the island capital and 5 km southwest of Cova Figueira and its elevation is over 500 meters.

About the village

Its name etymology is named after a small hill that is colored red and was once a small volcanic crater.

The area sits beside two previous lava flows, the east is a younger lava flow and the west is an older flow.

Its climate is about two to three degrees warmer than Achada Furna and a degree warmer than Fonte Aleixo as it is in a lower elevation than the town but higher than the Atlantic, it is a degree cooler in Dacabalaio and has the same temperatures to that of Fonte Aleixo being nearly on the same elevation.

Monte Vermelho is onnected with a lesser road that connects the Fogo Circular Road (EN1-FG01) which is 1 km north, in Dacabalaio, it sits on the Fogo Circular Road. Aluguer buses connects Achada Furna but not on a fixed schedule during 6 days of the week but not on holidays.

Agriculture like other parts of that portion of the island is the key economy of the village.

Some 2 km southeast of the village center is a lighthouse, it has a range of 16 km (9 nautical miles).[2]

History

Around 73,000 years ago, the area was formed as part of the interior of the earlier Fogo Mountain, the eastern half collapsed and with some erosion and lava flow over the centuries, it would form the current landscape.[3][4] Its earlier landscape was about 400 meters higher.

In the 2014-15 eruption, volcanic clouds partly went over the island at around 3,000-4,000 meters above sea level.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Census results". Instituto Nacional de Estatística Cabo Verde (in Portuguese). 17 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lighthouses of Cape Verde". 2 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Brown, Emma (2 October 2015). "Island Boulders Reveal Ancient Megatsunami". Nature. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  4. ↑ Ramalho, Ricardo S.; Winckler, Gisela; Madeira, José; Helffrich, George R.; Hipólito, Ana; Quartau, Rui; Adena, Katherine; Schaefer, Joerg M. (2 October 2015), "Hazard potential of volcanic flank collapses raised by new megatsunami evidence", Science Advances, vol. 1 no. 9
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