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Praia dos Açores is a beach-side district on the south side of the Island of Santa Catarina in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. The beach is 31 km from the Centro downtown region of Florianópolis .
Guia Turístico, Açores Natureza Viva (in Portuguese), Clássica – Publicações e Mark e Formação, Lda., 2004; Oliveira Martins, Francisco Ernesto de (1992), Seretaria Regional do Turismo e Ambiente, Delagação de Turismo da Ilha Terceira (ed.), Em Louvor da Terceira (in Portuguese), Governo Regional dos Açores
Flores Island (Portuguese: Ilha das Flores; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfloɾɨʃ]) is an island of the Western Group (Grupo Ocidental) of the Azores.. It has an area of 143 km 2, a population of 3428 inhabitants, and, together with Corvo Island of the western archipelago, lies within the North American Plate.
A relief map of the Azores Triple Fault region and southern bathymetric zone. The hydrothermal vents and seamounts of the Azores (Portuguese: fontes hidrotermais e montes submarinos dos Açores) are a series of Atlantic seamounts and hydrothermal vents that are part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge system, giving rise to the archipelago and bathymetric region of the Azores.
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Florianópolis is also commonly known by the nicknames Floripa and Ilha da Magia (Magic Island). [10] [11] Most of the population lives on the mainland and on the island's central and northern parts. The southern half is less inhabited. Many small commercial fishermen populate the island. [12] The Hercílio Luz International Airport serves the ...
The lake is situated within the caldera of the Sete Cidades Massif, an ancient volcano built on various layers of ash, pyroclasts and trachyte and basaltic lavas.It is a stratovolcano constructed from alternating phases of explosive and effusive ejecta, from dominantly basaltic pre-caldera eruptions, a trachytic caldera-forming stage and a post-caldera stage consisting of alternating trachytic ...
A view of the lake from the scenic overlook of Pico do Barrosa The fine, sedimentary beach of Lagoa do Fogo, with view of crater rim. Lagoa do Fogo is one of the largest of the waterbodies in the Azores, and occupies the central caldera of the Água de Pau Massif, in the central area of the island of São Miguel. [4]