Territorial Dispute Spain-Portugal: Savage Islands Conflict []

Contribute to the Project: Halfway between Madeira and the Canary Islands is the archipelago of the Savage Islands, a small group of islands and islets whose flora and fauna are truly exceptional. The Savage Islands are also involved in the conflict “border“ longer maintained between Spain and Portugal, five centuries of dispute, still unresolved, over the sovereignty of 270 hectares (2.7 square kilometers). The Savage Islands, or Ilhas Selvagems, in Portuguese, is l