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The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Portuguese: Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo [ɐʁkiˈpɛlɐgu dʒi sɐ̃w ˈpedɾwi sɐ̃w ˈpawlu]) is a group of 15 small islets and rocks in the central equatorial Atlantic Ocean. [3]
The islands of Saint-Paul and Amsterdam, formerly the islands of Saint-Paul and New Amsterdam, form a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. This district is located in the southern Indian Ocean at the southwestern end of the Australian plate, approximately 1,325 km north-northeast of the Kerguelen Islands. The population is about ...
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago: 625 kilometres (388 mi) Fernando de Noronha [24] Wake Island: 580 kilometres (360 mi) Bokak Atoll [25] Rodrigues: 560 kilometres (350 mi) Mauritius: Distance to main island. [26] Bass Islands: 550 kilometres (340 mi) Raivavae [27] Cocos Island: 550 kilometres (340 mi) Costa Rica [28] Okinotorishima
Saint Paul Island can refer to: Île Saint-Paul, a small island in the French Southern Territories; Saint Paul Island (Alaska), United States; St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia), Canada; Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil; St Paul's Island, Malta; Nuns' Island, originally Île Saint-Paul, part of Montreal city, Canada
Rovinj Archipelago; St Paul's Islands; Tremiti Islands; Tuscan Archipelago ... Greater Antilles 38,400,500 Lesser Antilles 3,950,000 Lucayan Archipelago 443,000 ...
St Paul's Island is sometimes split into two islands by a shallow isthmus, and it is therefore sometimes referred to in the plural as St Paul's Islands. St Paul's Island has been uninhabited since World War II, and it is the second largest uninhabited island of Malta, having an area of 0.1 square kilometres (0.04 square miles).
The island's subtropical location gives it an avifauna distinct from that of subantarctic islands and contains several breeding species which are rare in the region. Saint Paul's seabirds nested mainly on Quille Rock until rat eradication allowed some species, notably MacGillivray's prions and great-winged petrels, to recolonise the main island ...
Garrison in Belmonte Islet, St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago Extending the EEZ is an openly declared objective of the Navy's presence in both Trindade and Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Brazilian sovereignty over Trindade was once contested by the United Kingdom in 1895–1896, and a permanent presence is maintained since 1957, with a population ...