The hill that gives its name to the North Island is Monteagudo, at an altitude of 182 metres above the Atlantic Ocean. Although access is restricted to conserve the natural resources of the National Park, we can walk to the Peito Lighthouse where the sea crashes against a furna (sea cave). In this saline landscape, the plant known as “love grass” (Armeria pubigera) and sea fennel (Chritmum maritimum) grow among the rocks.
Both here and on other parts of the island, you are always accompanied by seabirds, which use the cliffs for shelter and nesting. The birds that breed here are the yellow-legged gull, the European shag, the lesser black-backed gull, the Scopoli's shearwater and the European storm petrel.
