Fora Islet (Portuguese: ("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 () 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."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, Burton, Richard F., To the Gold Coast for Gold, 1883,
See also List of islands of Portugal
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