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São Miguel Island (pronounced [ˈsɐ̃w miˈɣɛl]; Portuguese for 'Saint Michael'), nicknamed "The Green Island" (Ilha Verde), is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
The islet seen from São Miguel, with Farilhão on the left. The islet is located between 500 metres (1,600 ft) and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) off the south-central coast of the island of São Miguel, adjacent the municipality, town, and port of Vila Franca do Campo.
The Sete Cidades Massif occupies the northwestern portion of the island and corresponds to a circular central caldera 6 by 5 kilometres (3.7 mi × 3.1 mi), whose interior is occupied by various lakes and volcanic cones of pumice, lava domes and maars.
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] The caldera is the youngest volcano on the island of São Miguel, formed approximately 15 000 years ago, resulting from the collapse at the top of the volcano ...
Nordeste (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌnɔɾˈðɛʃtɨ] ⓘ; Portuguese for northeast, hence that part of the island) is a municipality on the northeastern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 4,937, [ 1 ] in an area of 101.47 square kilometres (39.18 sq mi).
Lagoa (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ; Portuguese for lagoon) is a municipality in the southwestern part of São Miguel Island in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 14,442, [1] in an area of 45.59 km². [2] Lagoa is located east of Ponta Delgada, the island capital.
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