Mosteiros Islets
Native name: Ilhéus dos Mosteiros | |
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The Mosteiros Islets seen from the shore | |
| Etymology | "mosteiros" is Portuguese for "monasteries" |
| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 37°53′20″N 25°50′04″W / 37.88889°N 25.83444°W |
| Administration | |
| Autonomous region | Azores |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The Mosteiros Islets (Portuguese: Ilhéus dos Mosteiros; literally, Islets of the Monasteries) are four uninhabited rocky islets located about 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) from the settlement of Mosteiros, off the extreme northwestern coast of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.