| Conservation |
Due to the dimension of the archipelago, all species endemic to St Peter and St Paul’s Rocks have an extremely limited geographic distribution. The area above the 50 m isobath for the whole archipelago is said to be <0.5 km2 (Lubbock & Edwards, 1981; Feitoza et al., 2003). Most species listed as endangered or vulnerable (IUCN, 2004; Ministe´ rio do Meio Ambiente, 2004a) are so considered because the available space for them is very limited (Hawkins et al., 2000) (Ref. 58184). |
| Geography and Climate |
Group of volcanic rocks in the Atlantic Ocean.
A remote group of barren islets in equatorial Atlantic Ocean, on the mid-Atlantic ridge (00°55'N; 29°21'W); The Archipelago, which belongs to Brazil, is only 400 m across at its greatest extent, lying approximately 960 km off Cabo de São Roque, north-eastern coast of Brazil and 1890 km south-west of Senegal, West Africa (Ref. 88827). |