Monte das Vacas is a mountain located in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde 8 km from the capital Praia, north of the subdivision of Achada de São Filipe and southwest of Ribeirão Chiqueiro. Its elevation is 437 meters. From its base it is around 150 meters from the plateau at an elevation of 180 meters.
The mountain is of volcanic origin and is made up of what was a large volcanic crater, once a subsidiary vent, it was not often erupted as in Pico da Antónia millions of years ago. Only the southwest part remains along with bits of the northeast while the remainder are eroded.
Most of the mountain is in the Praia, the northernmost part is in São Domingos with the boundaries going east-west at the mid north part. Less than a kilometer north is the 15th parallel north. East is the Praia-Tarrafal Route, the EN1-ST01 (Primary Route 1) and west is Ribeira da Veneza with its settlement in the southwest. South is the source of Ribeira de São Filipe, a small stream that empties into Ribeira da Trindade just short of Praia Harbour.
Surrounding the mountains, the outer areas are forested but the middle portion are grassland. Before settlements appeared at the 15th century, it was believed to be dominated by shrubs, decades later, it became mostly a barren grassland.
Its geology consists of the Monte das Vacas formation spreading across the southeast portion of the island and including much of its hills, it was formed between 1 million to 700,000 years ago.
During the Ice Age, its elevation was about 567 meters, at around 10000 BC, the elevation was at 500 meters, up to about 4000 BC, the elevation was at 450 meters.
By elevation Monte das Vacas is
# 1 out of 5 in Praia
By prominence Monte das Vacas is
# 1 out of 5 in Praia # 72 out of 292 in Cape Verde
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