Geography
The small islet of Sal Rei, which is mainly sandy and grassy, lies in the harbor. Mountains are to the north and northeast and further north are Ponta do Sol and Cabo Santa Maria. A plain covers much of the area around Sal as well as Praia da Chave and serves a beach town. Land on Boa Vista is dry, rocky, and uncultivatived, with a few farms subsisting in the area around Sal Rei. Forests cover the northern part of the island, and the dry island desert dominates the rest of the area around Maio. A small saline marsh lies to the northwest.
The national park of Pico d'Antônia which is Pico's fame is bounded to the west along its forests and its slopey valley. More mountains dominate the northeast and the central part are farmlands. The mountains including the view of Monte Batalha dominates the northeast.
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