Place islet Santa Cruz Desertas
Ilhéu Chão
Santa Cruz · Desertas
Desertas Islands, parish of Sé, municipality of Funchal
The Ilhéu Chão is the smallest, flattest and northernmost of the three uninhabited Desertas islands, 93 m high and 19 miles from Funchal to its landing at the porto de Santa Maria. It is the only known home of the endemic grass Lolium lowei, and it once belonged to the captains of Funchal.
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- Desertas (islands) — Northernmost of the three main Desertas islands.
- Phanerogams — Has one endemic flowering plant.
- Furilhão — Islet next to the rock.
- Prego do Mar (islet) — The Prego do Mar lies to its north.
- Altitudes — Listed at 93 m.
- Sea distances — 19 miles from Funchal to its landing, the porto de Santa Maria.
- Desertas (headlands) — Desertas islet where the Ponta de Santa Maria lies.
- Ilhéu Chão — The subject of the entry, a flat-topped islet of the Desertas.
- Madeira archipelago — Northernmost of the Desertas.
- Savage Islands — One of the Desertas.
- Geodesy — Astronomical station in the Desertas.
- Madeira (island) — Reference point for the distance to the Desertas.
- Madeira (archipelago) — Islet of the Desertas group.
- Deserta Grande or simply Deserta (island) — Northernmost of the Desertas, separated from Deserta Grande by a channel.
- Olive tree (Olea europaea) — One of the places where the wild olive grows.