Slide ID
CV-80-086
_pkUnique ID
CV80086
Slide Date
1980
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Island
São Vicente
Identifier
CV80086
City / Village
Baìa das Gatas
Date
1980
Description
The dirt road that winds between the mountains in this photo connects Mindelo to Baìa das Gatas. the travel time is 15 minutes but requires a four-wheel drive vehicle. Baîa das Gatas is home to a natural lagoon, semi-permenant fishing camps and weekend resorts. Doting the landscape are small farms, which are surrounded by stone walls to keep goats from grazing on crops.
Keywords
landscape; transportation; mountains; roads;
Box
1
Folder
1
Image Dimensions
5242x3493
Software
VueScan
Date Time Scanned
4-8-2010 12:00 AM
Color Space
RGB
File Size
2.4 MB
Document Type
Image
Recommended Citation
Baxter, David, "Road Connecting Mindelo and Baìa das Gatas" (1980). David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs. 76.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/76
Province or Jurisdiction
São Vicente
Keywords
landscape; transportation; mountains; roads;
Notes
Irwin, Aisling and Wilson, Colum. Cape Verde Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide. (Guilford, 2001). pp. 112, 210-212