Fora Islet

{{Infobox islands

| name = Fora Islet

| native_name = Ilhéu de Fora

| image_name = Southern Savage Islands, Atlantic Ocean.jpg

| image_caption = Satellite image of the southwest group with Selvagem Pequena (bottom-right), Fora Islet (bottom-left) and the Norte Islets (top).

| archipelago = Savage Islands

| location = Atlantic Ocean

| coordinates = {{coord|30|02|N|16|03|W|region:PT-30_type:isle|display=inline,title}}

| area_km2 = 0.08

| highest_mount =unnamed

| elevation_m = 18

| rank=

| country = {{PRT}}

| country_admin_divisions_title = Autonomous Region

| country_admin_divisions = {{flag|Madeira}}

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Municipality

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Funchal

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Freguesia

| country_admin_divisions_2 =

| population = uninhabited

| website=

| map_image = Ilhéu de Fora (Selvagens) location map.svg

| map_caption =

}}

Fora Islet (Portuguese: {{lang|pt|Ilhéu de Fora}} ("outer islet")) is an uninhabited Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean, forming part of the Savage Islands, a dependant archipelago of the autonomous region of Madeira.

It lies about 300 kilometres from Madeira and 160 kilometres north of the Canary Islands. The islet ({{convert|500|x|300|m}}) has an area of 8 hectares and a maximum altitude of 18 metres.

The island is part of a nature reserve and is home to a variety of petrels, Cory's shearwater being one of the dominant species. The climate is dry and there is very little soil.[https://sites.google.com/site/projectocalonectris/selvagens-islands "Long-term research on Cory's Shearwaters: Selvagens islands", Project Calonectris, accessed 2011-07-13]

In 19th-century English literature, the island was called the 'Little Piton'.Knight, E.F., The Cruise of the 'Alerte' , 1890, {{ISBN|0-246-12312-5}}Burton, Richard F., To the Gold Coast for Gold, 1883, {{ISBN|1-4264-3236-4}}

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