Praia Grande, Cape Verde
| Praia Grande, Cape Verde | |
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 Praia Grande at the foot of Monte Calhau with a view of Monte Verde | |
  Praia Grande, Cape Verde Location within Cape Verde | |
| Location | Eastern São Vicente, Cape Verde |
| Coordinates | 16°06′43″N 22°55′01″W / 16.112°N 22.917°W |
| Access | road |
| Beach length | 10 km |
Praia Grande (Portuguese meaning "large beach") is a large beach on the northeast coast of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. It is 1.5 km northwest of the village Calhau and is southwest of a larger bay. Beach sands lie next to volcanic rocks of nearby Monte Calhau.
Praia Grande has a rock formation consisting a collapsed flank, a depression 10-12 kilometers in diameter, its a it around 4.5 to 3.1 million years old and consists of nephelinitic lafva flows associated with carbonatite, foidite and phonolitic rocks. It is next to the Monte Verde formation.[1]
Until the 1911 Orthography Reform made by Portugal which removed the y and replaced with an i, it was spelt as Praya Grande.[2]
References
- ↑ Ramalho, R. (2010). Tracers of uplift and subsidence in the Cape Verde Archipelago. pp. 519–538.
- ↑ "Relatório das Bases da Reforma Ortográfica" (PDF). Diário de Governo. 12 September 1911.
External links
- Praia Grande on mindelo.info (in French)
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Coordinates: 16°51′36″N 24°52′37″W / 16.860°N 24.877°W