Barlavento Islands
The Barlavento Islands is the northern group of the Cape Verde archipelago. It presents as two sub-groups:
The total land mass is. Spanning from longitude -22.67 to -25.36, the group sits in the Trade winds, specifically at the optional southern turn or tack termed by European sailors a key point of the Volta do Mar. The islands are west of Cap-Vert at -17.31 west, in turn the westernmost point of Africa on the outskirts of Dakar.
