«The island‘s geography includes farmlands in the southern and central parts and further to the south a long shoreline with a few beaches, forests and grasslands to the west, rocky ledges and cliffs with a longer coastline to its north, forests to the northeast, drylands with grasses to the northern part and mountains along the northeastern part with about five to six main mountaintops with a few grasslands. Much of the coastline is to the west, the north and the east.
There are islets to the north east and a small peninsula with a mountaintop in the eastern end of the main island. Porto Santo has about 9 km of sandy beaches while Madeira island has virtually none, with tiny exceptions in e.g. Calheta.
- Location of Vila Baleira:
- Latitude: 33.0667 (33°4′) N
- Longitude: 16.33 (16°20′) W
- Altitude:
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- Lowest: Atlantic Ocean
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- Centre: 175 m (577 feet)»
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