Place island Santa Cruz Desertas
Deserta Grande
Santa Cruz · Desertas
island of the Desertas, parish of Sé, municipality of Funchal
The largest island of the Desertas, 490 m high, seasonally visited by hunters, fishers and orchil gatherers. The steamer Lagos ran aground there in 1902, and it was visited by the Prince of Monaco in 1888 and by the Dana scientists. Its landing at Carga da Lapa is 21.5 miles from Funchal.
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- Desertas (islands) — Largest island of the group, seasonally visited by hunters, fishers and orchil gatherers.
- Sarmento (Alberto Artur) — Island Sarmento visited, making botanical collections.
- Abruzzi (Duke of the) — Where the owners offered the duke a hunt.
- Shipwrecks — Where the steamer Lagos ran aground in 1902.
- Cenoura da rocha (Monizia edulis) — Island where the plant has been found.
- Scientific expeditions — Visited by Prince Albert and by the Dana scientists.
- Eirinha — Island on which Eirinha lies.
- Castanheira (landing place) — Island on whose west side the harbour lies.
- Monaco (Prince of) — The prince visited it in March 1888 and described it in his book.
- Altitudes — Listed at 490 m.
- Sea distances — 21.5 miles from Funchal to its landing at Carga da Lapa.
- Headlands — Largest Desertas island, with several headlands.
- Desertas (headlands) — Largest Desertas island, with two of the listed headlands.
- Furna da Mulher — The island on whose western coast the cave lies.
- Ilhéu Chão — Given as a cross-reference for the Desertas group.
- Monk seals — Last refuge of the monk seal in the archipelago, in its sea caves.
- Penteado — Target entry of the cross-reference.
- Savage Islands — Largest of the Desertas, once with a small hermitage.
- Fajãs — Site of a large rockfall in 1894 that disturbed the sea on Madeira's south coast.
- Madeira (archipelago) — Largest of the Desertas.
- Gain (Dr L.) — Where Gain collected algae.
- Monizia — Where Monizia edulis was first found in June 1855.
- Areias (Calhau das) — The island where the landing place is found.
- Chão (islet) — Lies south of Ilhéu Chão across a narrow passage.
2Chronology
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The plant Monizia edulis was discovered on Deserta Grande.
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Prince Albert I of Monaco visited the Deserta Grande.
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A great coastal rockfall on Deserta Grande caused sea surges along Madeira's south coast.
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The steamer Lagos ran aground on Deserta Grande in fog.
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Dr L. Gain collected algae on Madeira and Deserta Grande.