Monte das Vacas

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| name = Monte das Vacas

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| photo_caption = Monte das Vacas

| elevation_m = 437

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| listing = List of mountains in Cape Verde

| location = southern Santiago

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| geology = basalt, basanite

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Monte das Vacas is a mountain located in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is 2 km south of Ribeirão Chiqueiro and 8 km of the city centre of the capital Praia. Its elevation is 437 meters. It is of volcanic origin and was formed between 1.1 and 0.7 million years ago.{{cite journal|last=Holm|first=P. M.|title=An 40Ar-39Ar study of the Cape Verde hot spot: temporal evolution in a semistationary plate environment|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|publisher=J. Geophys. Res.|volume=113|year=2008|page=B08201|doi=10.1029/2007JB005339|doi-access=free}}