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Desertas Islands, Madeira, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Desertas IslandsArchipelago
MadeiraAutonomous Region
PortugalCountry

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Age:
5.07 ± 0.06 to 1.93 ± 0.12 Ma
Geologic Time:
Dating method:
Ar/Ar
Reference for age:
Schwarz, S., Klügel, A., van den Bogaard, P., & Geldmacher, J. (2005). Internal structure and evolution of a volcanic rift system in the eastern North Atlantic: the Desertas rift zone, Madeira archipelago. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 141(1-2), 123-155. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.10.002
Mindat Locality ID:
405320
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:405320:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Îles Desertas, Madère, Portugal
German:
Ilhas Desertas, Autonome Region Madeira, Portugal
Italian:
Isole Desertas, Madera, Portogallo
Russian:
Дезерташ, Мадейра, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
德塞爾塔斯群島, 馬德拉, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Islas Desertas, Madeira, Portugal
Aragonese:
Islas Desertas, Madeira
Basque:
Desertas, Madeira
Belarusian:
Дэзерташ, Мадэйра, Партугалія
Catalan:
Illes Desertes, Madeira, Portugal
Cebuano:
Ilhas Desertas, Madeira
Czech:
Ilhas Desertas, Madeira, Portugalsko
Dutch:
Ilhas Desertas, Madeira, Portugal
Esperanto:
Desertas-insuloj, Madejro
Finnish:
Desertassaaret, Madeira, Portugali
Galician:
Illas Desertas, Rexión Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal
Hebrew:
איי דזרטש, מדיירה, פורטוגל
Hungarian:
Kopár-szigetek, Madeira-szigetek, Portugália
Icelandic:
Ilhas Desertas, Madeiraeyjar, Portúgal
Japanese:
デゼルタス島, マデイラ諸島, ポルトガル
Korean:
데제르타스 제도, 마데이라 제도, 포르투갈
Latvian:
Dezērtaša, Madeira, Portugāle
Lithuanian:
Dezertašo salos, Madeira, Portugalija
Luxembourgish:
Ilhas Desertas
Northern Frisian:
Ilhas Desertas, Regiuun Madeira
Norwegian:
Desertasøyene, Madeira, Portugal
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Desertasøyane, Madeira
Polish:
Ilhas Desertas, Madera, Portugalia
Portuguese:
Ilhas Desertas, Madeira, Portugal
Swedish:
Desertasöarna, Madeira, Portugal
Turkish:
Desertas Adaları, Madeira, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Дезерташ, Мадейра, Португалія


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There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Monachus monachus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Monachus : Monachus monachus0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertas_Islands
Wikidata ID:Q27923
GeoNames ID:2268693


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