File:Fogo Island, Cape Verde Republic (ASTER).jpg

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Cape Verde Republic comprises the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, due west of the westernmost point of Africa, Cape Verde. The archipelago consists of ten islands, including Fogo.

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English: Cape Verde Republic comprises the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, due west of the westernmost point of Africa, Cape Verde. The archipelago consists of ten islands, including Fogo. The islands are volcanic in origin, and all but three are mountainous. The highest point, Pico do Cano (2,829 m/9,281 ft) on Fogo, is also the group's only active volcano. The islands were used by Senegalese fishermen before the first Europeans arrived, about 1456. They were claimed by Portugal in 1460; in 1495 the archipelago was declared a crown possession of Portugal. Independence for Cape Verde finally came on July 5, 1975, ending five centuries of Portuguese rule. The image was acquired on August 27, 2002, and is centered near 14.9 degrees north latitude, 24.4 degrees west longitude. The perspective view was created by draping image data over a DEM derived from ASTER data, and exaggerating the topographic relief by a factor of 2.
Date Taken on 27 August 2002
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Fogo Island, Cape Verde Republic (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: Fogo.

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Author NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
Object location14° 54′ 00″ N, 24° 24′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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Credit and attribution belongs to the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) team, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems

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