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Mitre 10 is an Australian retail and trade hardware store chain. Operations are based on a cooperative system, where the store owners are members of the national group and each has voting rights. The chain name references the mitre joint. [ 3] There are over 400 "Mitre 10" and its associated "True Value Hardware" franchises throughout Australia.
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.
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente, ed. (2004), Áreas Ambientais dos Açores (in Portuguese), Governo Regional dos Açore; Moniz, A.B. do Canto (1883), Ilha Graciosa (Açores). Descrição histórica e topográfica – 1981 (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.), Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portutal: Instituto Açoriano de Cultura
References. [ 1] Lagoa das Sete Cidades ( Portuguese: [lɐˈɣoɐ ðɐʃ ˈsɛtɨ siˈðaðɨʃ], "Lagoon of the Seven Cities") is a twin lake situated in the crater of a dormant volcano on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It consists of two small, ecologically different lakes connected by a narrow strait, which is crossed by a bridge.
Coordinates: 36°58′29″N 25°05′41″W. Santa Maria Island. Native name: Ilha de Santa Maria. Nickname: The Sun Island. The agricultural fields of the western portion of the island of Santa Maria, location of the main settlement, Vila do Porto (as seen from Pico Alto) Location of the island of Santa Maria in the archipelago of the Azores ...
The Capelinhos (from Capelo + -inhos diminutive, which literally means "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 includes 20 scoria cones and lava fields that are aligned west-northwest to east-southeast from the Caldeira Volcano ...
Monte Brasil. / 38.645°N 27.225°W / 38.645; -27.225. Monte Brasil is the remnants of a tuff volcano (and peninsula) connecting the south coast of Terceira in the central Azores, overlooking the city of Angra do Heroísmo. Monte Brasil is flanked by two bays: the Bay of Angra (named for the city) to its east, and the Bay of Fanal to ...
The Department of Oceanography and Fisheries ( Portuguese: Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas ), normally shortened to DOP/UAç, is an Azorean oceanographic institute and research arm of the University of the Azores, with its seat in the city of Horta, on the island of Faial .