Pedras Tinhosas (1°21'N., 7°18'E.) consists of two islets which lie 13 and 11.5 miles SW of Ponta do Pico Negro. Tinhosa Grande, the S and larger islet, is 55m high. Tinhosa Pequena, the N islet, is 64m high. Both islets are covered with brushwood and are marked by white patches of guano. A light is shown from a tower, 5m high, standing on the summit of Tinhosa Grande.

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