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Capelo peninsula | Vigia Baleeira do Costado da Nau

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This lookout post close to the Costado da Nau is a remnant from those times when whaling was an important industry on the islands. After a decline, whaling was finally banned in 1984. The large marine mammals are now hunted with the camera instead of the harpoon.