200 mi) away. It contains the localities Cuada, Ponta (da Fajã) and Fajã. Meaning "big fajã", a special term roughly referring to a coastal scree influenced...
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(Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Fajã Grande/Igreja de São José) is a 17th-century church located in the civil parish of Fajã Grande in the municipality of Lajes...
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located north of Fajã Grande; Fajãzinha is a diminutive of fajã, referring to it being a small agglomeration of homes in the corner of the fajã; Fazenda - literally...
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the parish of the Fajãs, a Catholic organ whose principal patron was Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, that included Ponta, Fajã Grande, Caldeira and Mosteiro...
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North America (excluding Greenland). The closest European settlement is Fajã Grande, Azores, Portugal, about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) away. Its name has been...
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located south of Fajã Grande; Fajãzinha is a diminutive of fajã, referring to it being a small agglomeration of homes in the corner of the fajã; Fazenda, literally...
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civil parish of Norte Grande, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The fajã received its name due...
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Moinhos, Longueira, Penha De Águia, Fajã, Lombo de Cima, Lombo de Baixo, Cruzinhas, Fajã Grande, Limoeiro, Fajã da Murta, Lombo Galego, Pico do Lombo...
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adapted well to many of the fajãs of Calheta (including Fajã dos Vimes, Fajã de São João, Fajã do Ouvidor, and Fajã Grande), as well as the areas between...
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municipality of Funchal (Madeira); Westernmost point — Ilhéu do Monchique, Fajã Grande, municipality of Lajes das Flores, Flores (Azores), also considered the...
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Fajã de Além is a permanent debris field, known as a fajã, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Norte Grande...
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plateaus that surround it, on the side of Fajã Grande, Pontas Brancas, Burrinha, Água Branca and Rochão Grande. Beside the Funda, Comprida, Seca and Água...
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the relatively sparse interior, apart from the two primary fajãs (Fajã da Aeira and Fajã do Ouvidor), only two many settlements are observable: Outeiro...
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Chã Bensafrim e Barão de São João São Gonçalo de Lagos Luz Odiáxere Fajã Grande Fajãzinha Fazenda Lajedo Lajes Lomba Mosteiro Calheta de Nesquim Lajes...
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Sipaliwini District 58°05′W 44 Portugal Monchique Islet, freguesia of Fajã Grande, municipality of Lajes das Flores (Azores) Cabo da Roca (mainland) 31°16′8″W...
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Velas (Praia das Velas) Cais da Faja das Almas Cais da Faja do Ouvidor Poca Simao Dias Swimming Area of Fajã Grande Swimming Area of Porto dos Terreiros...
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Capelo may be considered the westernmost settlement of Eurasia, if Fajã Grande, on Flores Island, is considered part of North America, for it sits on...
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sheltered anchorages and the fertility of the small fajãs where colonists established homes. Fajã de São João, one of this settlements along the southern...
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Pico) Fajã do Calhau (Piedade, Lajes do Pico) Fajã d'Alem (Norte Grande, Velas) Fajã da Abelheira Fajã da Betesga Fajã da Caldeira de Cima Fajã da Caldeira...
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Cascata da Ribeira Grande – 300 m (980 ft) falls is the tallest waterfall at Fajãzinha Cascata do Poço do Bacalhau – 90 m (300 ft); Fajã Grande Risco Falls –...
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islet off the coast of the island of Flores, west of the village of Fajã Grande, in the western part of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It...
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The Fajã dos Cubres is a permanent debris field, known as a fajã, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Ribeira...
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Cascata do Poço do Bacalhau is a waterfall near Fajã Grande on the Azores island of Flores, Portugal. It falls from a height of about 90 metres (300 ft)...
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das Casas, as well as Ponta Ruiva (now in Cedros and Ponta da Fajã (now part of Fajã Grande in the neighbouring municipality). Father António Cordeiro referred...
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hiking trails are: PR1FLO Ponta Delgada – Fajã Grande PR2FLO Lajedo – Fajã Grande PR3FLO Poço do Bacalhau PR4FLO Fajã Lopo Vaz Situated in the centre of Santa...
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The Fajã do Mero (or alternately Fajã da Ponta Grossa) is a debris field, known as a fajã, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the...
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Cedro Gordo Achada do Folhadal Cancela Chão do Cedro Gordo Fajã do Cedro Gordo Lombo Grande Lombo dos Palheiros Pico do Cedro Gordo Ribeiro Frio Serradinho...
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include Fajã da Ribeira Areia, Fajá do Ouvidor (the only fajã with road access), Fajã de Além, Fajã Rasa, Fajã do Centelo, Fajã do João Dias and Fajã das...
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Caldeira Funda and Caldeira Rasa FLO 3 Fajã Grande and Fajãzinha FLO 4 Pico da Sé FLO 5 Ponta da Rocha Alta and Fajã de Lopo Vaz FLO 6 Rocha dos Bordões...
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Rodela Fajã de Água João da Noly Lem Mato Mato Grande Nossa Senhora do Monte Santa Bárbara Tantum Tomé Barraz Vinagre Achada Furna Achada Grande Atalaia...
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