The Dollabarat Islets are situated 5 km (3 nautical miles) south southeast of the Formigas Islets in the Azores archipelago. The geographical coordinates are 37.23.3º N; 24.73.3º W. The origin of the name comes from the small boat named Dollabarat which was shipwrecked in the end of the 19th century. The Dollabarat is part of the Formigas Islets Nature Reserve which covers 35.42 km² or 3,542 ha. Formigas Islets are islets of the Azores, Portugal. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese: Rather die free than peacefully subjected) Official language Portuguese Capitals Ponta Delgada (Presidency of the autonomous government), Angra do Heroísmo (Supreme Court), Horta (Legislative Assembly) Other towns Praia da Vitória, Ribeira Grande Area 2333... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The highest point is 3 m above sea level. Dollabarat is one of the highest parts of the Formigas Islets, a seamount that originated similarly from a volcanic eruption of the neighboring islands. Dollabarat was formed from a volcanic activity where the area was emerged, by deeper parts that made up from drained lava holes with irregular morphology. The deeper parts of the Dollabarat features seamounts with large bulks of rocks with irregular portions of large plains covered with carpets of seaweeds.

Given to the small depths of the length of the land, the islets is a dangerous place for navigation which represents the location of weak ondulation of any signals that designates sandy shorelines. The chains are very strong, what conjugates with large differences of water depth and the presence of turtles. These oceanic characteristics of the place of transparency (and for the consequences of visibility) are exceptional.

The islets features numerous diversified fauna originating from the sea including turtles, numerous fishes, irises, etc. One of the fauna includes the Cystoseira species, a seaweed founded in deeper areas and are densely covered. In an area that is less than 50 m includes large colonies of chestnut seaweeds and black corals. Families See text Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudinata, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony shell developed from their ribs. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world, Photo by Uwe Kils This page is about the animals which live in water. ... Iris has three main meanings, unrelated except for their derivation from the Greek word for rainbow: Iris (mythology), a messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, identified with the rainbow Iris (anatomy), the sphincter around the pupil of the eye, named for the color in human and animal eyes Iris...