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Map of the Azores Islands (1584) by Abraham Ortelius. The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Pico Island ( Ilha do Pico, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiʎɐ ðu ˈpiku]) is an island in the Central Group of the Portuguese Azores. The landscape features an eponymous volcano, Ponta do Pico, which is the highest mountain in Portugal, the Azores, and the highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Sete Cidades is a civil parish in the center of the municipality of Ponta Delgada, that is likewise located in the center of a massive volcanic crater three miles across, also referred to as Sete Cidades. The population in 2011 was 793, [1] in an area of 19.19 km 2. [2] It is one of the smallest parishes of Ponta Delgada by population, although ...
1759–1760 — An earthquake in Faial, which began on 24 December 1759, was the greatest earthquake in the island's history and followed by many tremors. Another quake occurred on 4 January. 1761 — Eruption on Pico Gordo, Terceira which started in November 1760 and created violent tremors which continued until 14 April.
Coordinates: 38.534583°N 28.629568°W. The 1926 Horta earthquake ( Portuguese: Sismo da Horta de 1926/Terramoto da Horta ), occurred at 8:42 a.m. (local time) on 31 August. It caused the destruction of many of the buildings located in the city of Horta, the central group of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores, resulting in the death ...
292. Patron. Divino Espírito Santo. Website. www .jf-maia .com. Maia is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,900, [1] in an area of 21.97 km². [2] Maia is the largest parish by area in Ribeira Grande.
Lajes do Pico. / 38.39694°N 28.23222°W / 38.39694; -28.23222. Lajes do Pico ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlaʒɨʒ ðu ˈpiku] ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the central Azores. It is one of three municipalities of the island of Pico. It has 4,342 inhabitants as of 2021, [2] in an area of 155.31 km 2. [3]
List of mammals of the Azores. The endemic Azores noctule ( Nyctalus azoreum) is, along with the greater mouse-eared bat ( Myotis myotis ), the only current native mammal of the Azores that is not a marine mammal. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Azores Islands, Portugal. [1] Except for marine mammals and two species of bats ...