Berlengas
Sign in to saveThe Berlengas are a Portuguese archipelago consisting of small Atlantic islands off the coast of Peniche, Portugal, in the Oeste region. These islands were traditionally known to British mariners as "the Burlings". The only inhabited island is its largest island, Berlenga Grande, although there is currently no permanent habitation in the archipelago. The other islands are grouped into two groups of islets, the Estelas Islets and the Farilhões-Forcados Islets.
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- Berlengas
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- Arquipélago das Berlengas
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- Panoramic view of Berlengas islands.
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- Location of the archipelago of the Berlengas
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- Atlantic Ocean
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- 1.04
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- 1.99
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- 8.57
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- 88
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- Portugal
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- Centro
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Berlenga Grande
- Farilhões-Forcadas Islets
- Geology
- Climate
- Terrestrial biome
- Flora
- Fauna
- Marine biome
- Fish
- Marine mammals
- Wrecks
- Culture
- See also
- References
- External links
The Berlengas are a Portuguese archipelago consisting of small Atlantic islands off the coast of Peniche, Portugal, in the Oeste region. These islands were traditionally known to British mariners as "the Burlings". The only inhabited island is its largest island, Berlenga Grande, although there is currently no permanent habitation in the archipelago. The other islands are grouped into two groups of islets, the Estelas Islets and the Farilhões-Forcados Islets.
==History== left|235px|thumb|The historic penal colony: the Fort of São João Baptista (Berlengas)|Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas left|235px|thumb|The fishermen houses in the Berlenga Grande Island are the only dwellings in the archipelago. Human occupation on Berlenga Grande dates back to antiquity: the islands are referred to in Ptolemy's Geography as Λονδοβρίς (Londobris). Much later it was referred to as the island of Saturno by Roman geographers, and was visited successively by Muslims, Vikings and privateers.