Learning Portuguese - Penedos de São Pedro e São Paulo

The word 'penedo' means 'rock' or 'boulder', which gives you an idea of the size of these tiny islands - the largest being no more than a few hundred metres long. There is no flora to be found on most of the islands (just one has scant vegetation), and little fauna - just a few sea birds who use the archipelago as a convenient resting place (and toilet!), and some crabs and insects. The sea is boistrous, making human landings difficult.

Nevertheless, there are remains of an old lighthouse which was built in the 1930's by the Brazilian navy. The lighthouse didn't last long due to siesmic activity, but a more robust replacement was built in the 1990's. Charles Darwin paid a visit in 1832, and some people still visit the islands to carry out long-distance radio transmissions, geological studies, and diving expeditions.

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Lat/Long locations or a map would be hel
Written by Jim Smith on 2006-02-10 13:48:41 IP: 201.30.93.14

On these remote places, a map and the latitude and longitude would be very helpful. It should be possible to scan in a portion of an Admiralty chart for this purpose.

Jim Smith
João Pessoa, Brasil

Maps
Written by Administrator on 2006-02-10 13:51:59 IP: 80.3.128.8

Have to be careful with copyright when it comes to copying existing maps, but I am planning to add more maps in the future (I draw my own maps, like the one of Portugal on the home page).

copyright
Written by fuggaz on 2006-10-15 06:50:16 IP: 219.89.72.150

An e-mail to the sources owner is often enough and you can provide the source on your website.
Often just source evidence and maybe a link to the source is demanded.

I'm not sure but I think GNU PL could clear things up.

fuggaz, Germany

GNU
Written by Administrator on 2009-03-12 13:33:03 IP: 80.3.128.8

The GNU/GPL license covers open source items (almost always software) which can be redistributed freely as long as the same license is imposed on any recipients. Most maps are not released under GNU/GPL.

Lat/long
Written by Kevin on 2007-04-29 03:40:45 IP: 70.78.144.18

Slightly east of 30º West longitude, and for latitude just above the equator.

Coordinates
Written by Luigi on 2008-12-07 08:50:59 IP: 213.140.19.119

A map with coordinates can be found at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:StPeterStPaulRocks1.png

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