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{{Short description|Mountain in Cape Verde}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Tope de Coroa
| photo = Topo da Coroa 1.JPG
| photo_size = 
| photo_caption = View of the mountain summit (in the background)
| elevation_m = 1979
| elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">[http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/africa.html "Africa Ultra-Prominences"] Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-04-22.</ref><ref name=yearbook>[http://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/statistical-yearbook-cv-2015_en.pdf Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015], [[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde)|Instituto Nacional de Estatística]], p. 25</ref>
| prominence_m = 1979
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/>
| map = Cape Verde
| map_size = 
| map_caption = Location in Cape Verde,<br>on the island of Santo Antão
| label_position = bottom
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
| location = [[Santo Antão, Cape Verde|Santo Antão]], [[Cape Verde]]
| range = 
| coordinates = {{coord|17|01|57|N|25|17|45|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = 
| topo = 
| type = [[Stratovolcano]]
| age = 
| last_eruption = around 200,000 years ago
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = 
}}

'''Tope de Coroa''' is a mountain on the island of [[Santo Antão, Cape Verde|Santo Antão's]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Africa]].  At 1,979 m elevation, it is the highest point of the island.<ref name=yearbook/> It is in the western part of the island, 25&nbsp;km west of the island capital [[Porto Novo, Cape Verde|Porto Novo]]. The mountain is entirely of [[volcanic]] origin. The area is the source of several streams including Ribeira de Monte Trigo which flows westward to [[Monte Trigo]]. 

[[File:Bela-vista-net-Santo Antao-map.jpg|thumb|left|Map of the island of Santo Antão with Tope de Coroa on the left]]
The mountain forms part of [[List of protected areas in Cape Verde|a natural park]], covering {{convert|84.92|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=resol>[http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/cvi154186.pdf Resolução nº 36/2016], Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas</ref><ref>[http://www.areasprotegidas.gov.cv/images/Parques%20Naturais_pdf.pdf Parques Naturais], Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde</ref> It contains 61% of the endemic angiosperm plants of Cape Verde, of which 25% are in the red list of endangered species, including ''[[Periploca laevigata]] subsp. chevalieri''. Free grazing is a threat to the biodiversity of the area.<ref name=gomes>[http://www.portaldoconhecimento.gov.cv/bitstream/10961/1973/1/Consultoria%20em%20Gest%C3%A3o%20de%20Recursos%20Naturais%20%E2%80%93%20%C3%81reas%20Protegidas%20Santo%20Ant%C3%A3o.pdf Consultoria em Gestão de Recursos Naturais], Isildo Gomes, p. 17-30</ref> Tope de Coroa consists of relatively young volcanic rock, formed between 200,000 and 170,000 years ago.<ref>{{cite work|last=Holm|first=Paul Martin|title=Sampling the Cape Verde Mantle Plume: Evolution of Melt Compositions on Santo Antão, Cape Verde Island|publisher=|volume=47|year=2006|number=1|page=145-18|doi=10.1093/petrology/egi071}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of mountains in Cape Verde]]
* [[List of Ultras of Africa]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.areasprotegidas.gov.cv/images/stories/highslide/pn_Tope_de_Coroa.html Áreas protegidas, Cabo Verde] {{in lang|pt}}
{{Santo Antão, Cape Verde}}

{{Protected areas in Cape Verde}}

[[Category:Mountains of Cape Verde|Coroa]]
[[Category:Geography of Santo Antão, Cape Verde]]
[[Category:Porto Novo Municipality]]