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Español: Locación de las Azores, de Madeira y de las Canarias en el Atlántico norte. English: Location of the Portuguese Azores and Madeira and Spanish Canary Islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Sete Cidades Protected Landscape Area. Sete Cidades is a civil parish in the center of the municipality of Ponta Delgada, that is likewise located in the center of a massive volcanic crater five kilometres (3 mi) across, also referred to as Sete Cidades.
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 ...
Feteiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is situated in the western part of the island of São Miguel , on the south coast. The population in 2011 was 1,571, [ 1 ] in an area of 23.53 square kilometres (9.08 sq mi).
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 ...
Vila Franca Islet (Portuguese: Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo) is a vegetated uninhabited islet located off the south-central coast of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, lying south of Vila Franca do Campo.
Livramento is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 4,062, [1] in an area of 5.59 square kilometres (2.16 sq mi). [2]
Ribeira Seca (Portuguese for dry river) is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,950, [1] in an area of 12.59 km 2. [2] It is located near the north coast of the island. It contains the localities Bandejo, Morro de Cima and Ribeira Seca.