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Terceira in 1595 by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, "A cidade de Angra na ilha de Iesu xpō da Tercera que esta em 39. graos" Troops disembarking during the Battle of Terceira; mural in the Monastery of São Lorenzo de El Escorial. Historically, there has been uncertainty in the date and the discoverer associated with the islands of the Azores.
Had a TAL situation arisen during a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Hao and Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean would have been the TAL sites, as would Andersen AFB, Guam with one of the longest concrete runways in the world. [19] [20] RAF Fairford was the only transoceanic abort landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK. As well as ...
Main entrance to the cavern, as seen from with the cave Stalactites in the Algar do Carvão. Terceira is the site of four large volcanoes (Pico Alto, Santa Bárbara, Guilherme Moniz, and Cinco Picos) grouped along a basaltic fissure zone that transects the island from northwest to southeast.
The proposal to install a lighthouse at the westernmost point of Terceira Island was defended by Commander José de Almeida de Ávila, from Faial, in an article published in 1891 entitled "An opinion on the lighting of the Azores archipelago". The idea was adopted in the "Lighthouse Design and Marking Plan for the Adjacent Islands", drawn up in ...
Lajes Airport not only serves Terceira but is also a hub providing international access to the Azores. It shares a runway and control and support structures with the military Lajes Field . Its runway is the longest among the airports of the Azores, measuring about 3300 meters in length.
Serra de Santa Bárbara is the peak of an dormant volcano in the western part of the island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal. At 1,021 m (3,350 ft) elevation, it is the highest point of the island. [2] It is named after the village located on the coast to the south, Santa Bárbara in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo. [3]
Located along the maritime coast, in the south-east corner of the island of Terceira, called Ponta das Contendas, it is situated in an elevated zone, resulting in a focal point that is 54 metres above sea level. [5]
Forte de São Sebastião from the dam Angra Forte de São Sebastião. Forte de São Sebastião is a fort in the Azores.. The Fort of São Sebastião, also referred to as Castelo de São Sebastião or simply Castelinho, is located in the port of Pipas, parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the city and municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the south coast of Terceira Island, in the Azores.