Faial Island (European Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈjal]), also known as Fayal Island, is a Portuguese island of the Central Group or Grupo Central of...
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Faial may refer to the following places: Faial Island, an island of the Azores, Portugal Faial da Terra, a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação...
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when Pico became part of the neighboring island of Faial's control. Pico is thought to be the last of the islands of the Central Group to be occupied. In...
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Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico, Faial Island, Flores, Corvo Berlengas (Portugal) Bissagos Islands (Guinea-Bissau) Canary Islands (Spain) Lanzarote, Fuerteventura...
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in the Azores in 1469 and lived for a time on Faial Island by invitation of the first Captain of Faial, Josse van Huerter. Following disagreements with...
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Capelinhos (category Faial Island)
"little cape") is a monogenetic volcano located on the western coast of Faial Island in the Azores. It is part of the larger volcanic complex of Capelo, which...
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Azores (redirect from Azores Islands)
Pico Island. Other notable elevations include Pico da Vara on São Miguel Island, Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island, Cabeço Gordo on Faial Island, and...
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The Faial-Pico Channel (Portuguese: Canal Faial-Pico) is an 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) long channel that separates the islands of Faial and Pico in the central...
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1998 Azores Islands earthquake (also known as the Faial earthquake) struck with an epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores Islands of Portugal...
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The Action of Faial or the Battle of Faial Island was a naval engagement that took place on 22–23 June 1594 during the Anglo-Spanish War in which the...
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Duke of Faial (Portuguese: Duque do Faial) was a Portuguese title of nobility, named for Faial Island in the Azores, which was granted by royal decree...
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coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Though Canary Islands geographically are part of the African Plate and are generally considered...
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Cabeço Gordo (category Faial Island)
Cabeço Gordo (Portuguese for "fat mound") is the highest point in the island of Faial, measuring 1,043 metres (3,422 ft) above sea level. Located on the...
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Caldeira Volcano (category Faial Island)
stratovolcano and the largest geomorphological structure that forms the island of Faial. The mountain's highest point, Cabeço Gordo, reaches 1,043 metres (3...
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Horta, on Faial Island in the archipelago of the Azores. The airport was remodeled and reinaugurated in December 2001, in order to serve the islands of the...
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7018750; -31.10167 (Corvo Island) Faial, 38°34′57″N 28°42′17″W / 38.58250°N 28.70472°W / 38.58250; -28.70472 (Faial Island) Flores, 39°26′37″N 31°11′57″W...
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Horta, Azores (redirect from Horta, Azores Islands)
city in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores encompassing the island of Faial. The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of 173.06 square kilometres...
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original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2013-08-15. "GC1QN4C Capelinhos Volcano [Faial] (Earthcache) in Arquipélago dos Açores, Portugal created by almeidara"...
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resulting in the extinction of at least two plant species on Pico Island. On Faial Island, the decline of Prunus lusitanica has been hypothesized by some...
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List of lakes of Portugal (section Faial Island)
Lagoa das Sete Cidades, São Miguel Island, Azores...
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2022 a white humpback individual was spotted off the coast of Pico and Faial Island in the Azores; it is likely the same individual. In 2022 another sighting...
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Mount Pico (category Pico Island)
morning, turning intense and visible in various points throughout the island and from Faial. Although the event resulted from exceptional meteorological conditions...
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Miguel Island (seat of the Autonomous Government); Horta at Faial Island (seat of the Legislative Assembly); and Angra do Heroísmo at Terceira Island (seat...
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Sete Cidades & Furnas (São Miguel, the Azores, Portugal) Caldeira do Faial (Faial, Portugal) Caldeirão do Corvo (Corvo, Portugal) Oceania Cerberean Cauldron...
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Manuel de Arriaga (category People from Faial Island)
to the Fleming Joss van Aard, one of the original settlers of the island of Faial (of the male line to a Basque family of small nobility) and whose second...
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North American Plate). If not, then the Capelinhos Volcano, Faial Island, Azores Islands, Portugal (28° 50′ 00″ W), the westernmost point of the Eurasian...
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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists islands with peaks by elevation. At the end of this article continental...
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Faial da Terra is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population...
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Azores Voyage of 1589 (section Faial)
water further round the island and set sail to Faial Island. On 6 September 1589 the English fleet arrived off Horta harbour in Faial. The Forte de Santa...
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Faial is a civil parish in the Madeiran municipality of Santana located along the northern coast of the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1...
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