Place island Sé Funchal Selvagens
Selvagem Grande
Sé · Funchal · Selvagens
island in the Selvagens group
Selvagem Grande is the largest island of the Selvagens group, with cisterns, springs and shelters; its highest point is the Pico da Atalaia and the two Palheiros rocks lie nearby. The Elucidário notes its limestone and selenite deposits and characteristic volcanic bombs, and records that it is the only locality of the fossil genus Cabralia. Its geology was studied by Adolfo César de Noronha and in a 1911 paper by Gagel, it was the subject of one of Somerville's 1915 charts, and rodents there prey on seabird eggs.
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- Geology — Limestone and selenite deposits.
- Noronha (Adolfo César de) — Island whose geology he observed.
- Somerville (Captain B. T.) — Subject of one of the 1915 charts.
- Palheiros — The island near which the two Palheiros rocks lie.
- Volcanic bombs — Island where characteristic volcanic bombs are found.
- White-faced storm petrel (Pelagodroma marina) — A mouse there preys on the bird and its eggs.
- Rats — Home of a rat that destroys shearwater eggs.
- Savage Islands — Largest island of the group, with cisterns, springs and shelters.
- Cabral (Henrique Read) — Only locality of the fossil genus Cabralia.
- Gagel (Dr C.) — Subject of one of Gagel's papers (1911).
- Atalaia (peak) — Island on which the Pico da Atalaia is the highest point.