Morro Negro

Morro Negro is a hill, elevation 156 m, located near the east coast of the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde. The nearest village is Cabeça dos Tarrafes, 5.5 km to the northwest. There is a lighthouse on the hill (one of the island's two lighthouses). Surrounding the mountain is lPonta do Roque (a rocky point) is its nearest promontory and a beach neamed Cruzinha Brito. A salinary marsh and a lagoon dominates the southeast of the area .

The area forms a part of a nature reserve named Tartaruga (Tartaruga Nature Reserve, Portuguese: Reserva Natural Tartaruga),^[1] rarely known as the Morro Negro Turtle Reserve, Portuguese for turtle which protects the area's turtle population especially in its beaches. It forms a large space alongside the coast and partly interior that is parallel with its length and width dominating the southeast of the island. Its total area is about 15,000 hectares, of which 1,439 hectares are terrestrial and 13,436 hectares are marine, its length is about 5 km or 3 nautical miles from the shore.

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The island of Boa Vista and the surrounding islands
Communities and settlements	Bofarreira Cabeça dos Tarrafes Estância de Baixo Fundo das Figueiras João Galego Povoação Velha Rabil Sal Rei
Parishes	Santa Isabel São João Batista
Mountains	Monte Caçador and Pico Forcado Monte Estância Rocha Estância Morro Negro Monte Santo António Monte Vigia
Beaches	Praia de Atalanta Praia de Cabral Praia da Chave Ervatão Praia das Gatas Praia de Santa Mónica Praia da Varandinha
Other geographical features	Ilhéu do Baluarte Curral Velho Ilhéu de Curral Velho Espingueira Ilhéu dos Passaros Ribeira do Rabil Ilhéu de Sal Rei Ponta do Sol Tarales Ponta Varandinha Deserto de Viana
Features surrounding the island	João Valente Reef (20 nmi)

Coordinates: 16°6′13″N 22°40′41″W / 16.10361°N 22.67806°W / 16.10361; -22.67806