Location: Porto Santo Island
Madeira Islands, Portugal
Country: Portugal
Autonomous Region: Madeira
Location: Tore-Madeira Ridge, African Tectonic Plate, Atlantic Ocean
Municipalities: Porto Santo
Civil Parishes: Porto Santo
Highest point: Pico do Facho
Lowest point: Sea level
Length: 14.18 km (9 mi), Northwest-Southeast
Width: 7.77 km (5 mi), North-South
Area: 42.17 km (16 sq mi)
Population: 5,483 (2,011)
Biomes: Temperate, Mediterranean
Geology: Alkali basalt, Tephra, Trachyte, Trachybasalt
Orogeny: Volcanism
Period: Holocene, Pliocene
Demonym: Portossantense
Ethnic groups: Portuguese, Mulatto, Black
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Porto Santo Island (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ˈsɐ̃tu]) is a Portuguese island 43 kilometres (27 mi) northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.
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