| Summary: | This work shows the specific feature of the islands. To do so, we used a method that could argue with images instead of words: the Chorématique, developed by the French geographer Roger Brunet, by the public interest organization Reclus (Réseau d'Étude des Changements dans les Localisations et les Unités Spatiales: Network for the Study of Changes in the Locations and the Spatial Units) and by Mappemonde (M@ppemonde) Magazine. Firstly, with the current representation possibilities in terms of geometry, Brunet proposed some basic or structural images that can be used (separately or jointly) in different situations to show the most important aspects of a region. By applying this method to demonstrate the island distinctiveness, we created some basic images as well as Brunet done. Then, we presented a graphic model that shows the essential geography of Montão de Trigo, a small island in the northern coast of São Paulo State, Brazil. Among all the features of the island, there are different types of phenomena: relationships between ocean and land; domestic and foreign linkages; center places; natural and human regions; ownership and rights of use the land; degrees of human intervention; and, finally, the maritime influences in the process of human settlement.
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