Country information - Atlantic Ocean
ISLANDS |
AREA |
POPULATION |
CAPITAL |
LOCATION |
OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AZORES |
868 sq' miles |
260,000 |
Ponta Delgada |
745 miles west of Lisbon |
Portuguese since the 15th century |
BERMUDA |
20 sq' miles |
62,000 |
Hamilton |
570 miles east of Cape Hatteras in the USA |
Britain's oldest colony |
CANARY ISLANDS |
2,807 sq' miles |
1.7 million |
Las Palmas Santa Cruz |
62 miles off the coast of Northwest Africa |
Spanish since 1479 |
CAPE VERDE |
1,556 sq' miles |
384,000 |
Praia on Sao Tiago island |
350 miles west of Dakar in West Africa |
Independent since 1975, Portuguese is still the official language |
FALKLAND ISLANDS |
4,699 sq' miles |
2,000 |
Stanley |
310 miles east of the Strait of Magellan in South America |
British dependency claimed by Argentina |
GREENLAND |
838,999 sq' miles |
57,000 |
Godthaab |
Geograhically part of North America |
Self-governing division of Danmark |
MADEIRA |
314 sq' miles |
280,000 |
Funchal |
350 miles west of the coast of Morocco |
Autonomous region of Portugal |
St. HELENA |
47 sq' miles |
7,000 |
Jamestown |
1,240 west of Africa |
British dependency |
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE |
372 sq' miles |
124,000 |
Sao Tome |
186 miles west of Gabon |
Portuguese since 1522, independent since 1975 |
TRISTAN DA CUNHA |
40 sq' miles |
330 |
Cunha |
South Atlantic Ocean |
British dependency |