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Luís Rodrigues was spearfishing off the coast of Terceira Island, ... The Azores are a Portuguese island archipelago about 1,000 miles west of mainland Portugal.
Map of the Princesse Alice Bank made in July 1896 by the research vessel Princesse Alice, from Monaco. The Princess Alice Bank (Portuguese: Banco Princesa Alice) is a submerged seamount located 50 nmi (93 km) southwest of the island of Pico and 45 nmi (83 km) southwest of the island of Faial in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
The Azores are located at the seismically active Azores triple junction plate boundary where the North American plate, Eurasian plate and Nubian plate meet. [7] The climate of the Azores is very mild for such a northerly location, being influenced by its distance from the continents and by the passing Gulf Stream. Because of the marine ...
Spearfishing was first featured at the 1994 Micronesian Games, the third edition of the games. [1] Guam won its first gold team medal at the 1998 Micronesian Games. [2] At the 2002 Micronesian Games, Palau won team gold, Kosrae and Guam tied for silver and Pohnpei won bronze. [3] Guamanian Roberto Cabreza won the individual event that year. [4]
Terceira is the location of the Azores' oldest city, Angra do Heroísmo, the historical capital of the archipelago and UNESCO World Heritage Site; the seat of the judicial system (Supreme Court); and the main insular Portuguese Air Force base, Base Aérea nº 4 at Lajes, with a United States Air Force detachment.
Spearfishing is fishing using handheld elongated, sharp-pointed tools such as a spear, gig, or harpoon, to impale the fish in the body. It was one of the earliest fishing techniques used by mankind , and has been deployed in artisanal fishing throughout the world for millennia.
Module:Location map/data/Portugal Azores Graciosa is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Graciosa. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
The statue of Corvo was an equestrian statue which, according to Portuguese chronicles, was discovered on the island of Corvo by the first Portuguese explorers of the Azores. The statue was made of stone and was destroyed in the late 15th or early 16th century, as a result of a failed attempt to transport it to Portugal .