The complex of Santa Luzia Protected Areas and Branco and Raso islets consists of the Santa Luzia Nature Reserve and the Branco and Raso Islands Comprehensive Reserve. These islands, discovered in 1461 by the Portuguese, were always uninhabited with the exception of Santa Luzia which was inhabited by a period in the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. Subsequently, other attempts to settle the island took place without success.
The complex is located to the northwest of the archipelago, at a distance of 8 km from the island of Sao Vincente and about 16 km from the island of São Nicolau. The total area of the complex is 609.6 km2, covering the land area, the marine area and the buffer zone. The buffer zone a trail around the complex with a length of 0.5 nautical miles and an area of 97.5 km2.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
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