the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The largest city of the Azores is Ponta...
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renamed to Azores Airlines. In October 2015, SATA Internacional subsequently announced a major rebranding, including the name change to Azores Airlines...
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The Azores High also known as North Atlantic (Subtropical) High/Anticyclone or the Bermuda-Azores High, is a large subtropical semi-permanent centre of...
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livestock. They also discovered non-native ryegrass in the Azores. On the other hand, mice on the Azores were discovered to have mitochondrial DNA suggesting...
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The Azores Plateau or Azores Platform is an oceanic plateau encompassing the Azores archipelago and the Azores Triple Junction in the North Atlantic Ocean...
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The history of the Jews in the Azores dates back to the original Portuguese settlement of the Azores in the 15th century. The community is small, but...
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Air Transat Flight 236 (redirect from Azores Glider)
pressure for the no. 2 engine. Azores Toronto Lisbon At 05:45 UTC, the pilots decided to divert to Lajes Air Base in the Azores. They declared a fuel emergency...
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Aviation in the Azores is part of the greater history of aviation in Portugal, and involves the historical use of the archipelago of the Azores by North American...
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Pico on Pico Island in the Azores. The archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores are scattered within the Atlantic Ocean: the Azores straddling the Mid-Atlantic...
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Ponta Delgada (redirect from Ponta Delgada, Azores)
Vitória dum Povo" (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal. Sayers, David (2006). Azores: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841621562...
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States Forces Azores (USAFORAZ) is based at Lajes Field, Portugal near Lajes on Terceira Island in the Azores. In 1953, the U.S. Forces Azores Command was...
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The Flag of the Azores (Portuguese: Bandeira dos Açores) is the regional flag of the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores. It is a rectangular bicolour...
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the Azores Current. Recent research suggests that the outflow of salty water from the Mediterranean Sea plays a role in strengthening the Azores Current...
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Angra do Heroísmo (redirect from Angra (Azores))
cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the Azores, government entities...
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Azores Day (Portuguese: Dia dos Açores) is a regional holiday in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It commemorates the establishment of Azorean...
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services, until his death. List of volcanoes in Azores "Geografia Flores". iaram.azores.gov.pt. Azores Government. Retrieved 14 January 2021. "INE - Plataforma...
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transatlantic yachters and sailors. Legislative Assembly of the Azores is located in Horta, making it Azores' legislative capital. In 1467 the Flemish nobleman Josse...
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28.75°W / 38.5; -28.75 (Azores hotspot) The Azores hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. The Azores is relatively young and is...
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Time in Portugal (redirect from Azores Standard Time)
saving time. Continental Portugal and Madeira use UTC+00:00, while the Azores use UTC–01:00. Daylight saving time (locally known as Hora de Verão, meaning...
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Fazenda (redirect from Fazenda, Azores Islands)
A fazenda (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈzẽdɐ, fa-]) is a plantation found throughout Brazil during the colonial period (16th - 18th centuries). They were...
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Livramento (redirect from Livramento, Azores)
Verde Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul Livramento (Ponta Delgada), Azores Tino Livramento This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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Fajã de Baixo (redirect from Fajã de Baixo, Azores)
the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 5,050, in an area of 4.06 km2. Faja de Baixo...
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Gordon & Argus 2010, The Azores microplate, pp. 24–25 da Silva Fernandes, R. M. (2004). Present-Day Kinematics at the Azores-Gibraltar Plate Boundary...
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Geography of Portugal (redirect from Geography of the Azores)
which formed the Capelinhos Volcano. Seismic events are common in the Azores. The Azores are occasionally subject to very strong earthquakes, as is the continental...
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Pico Island (redirect from Pico (Azores))
the Portuguese Azores. The landscape features an eponymous volcano, Ponta do Pico, which is the highest mountain in Portugal, the Azores, and the highest...
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endemic to São Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Azores bullfinch was first described in 1866...
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of the Azores, producing 0.87 inches (22 mm) of rainfall at Ponta Delgada. October 4, 2005 - a subtropical storm moved through the eastern Azores, producing...
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Sete Cidades (Ponta Delgada) (redirect from Sete Cidades, Azores Islands)
famous letter, Toscanelli placed the mythical lands of Sete Cidades near the Azores: "The island of Antillia was discovered by the Portuguese, and now when...
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Ginetes (redirect from Ginetes, Azores Islands)
municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese of the Azores. It is situated in the westernmost part of the island, near the coast. The...
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The political status of the Azores is defined by the Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Portuguese: Estatuto Político-Administrativo...
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