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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.
Module:Location map/data/Portugal Azores Flores is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Flores Island (Azores). The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Köppen map of Azores. Under the Köppen climate classification, the eastern group (São Miguel and Santa Maria) is usually classified as Mediterranean while the central and western group (especially Flores and Corvo) is increasingly more humid subtropical and overall rainier because of the effects of the Gulf Stream. This stream has a large ...
The Azores archipelago consists of nine main islands. The islands extend for more than 600 km (370 mi) in a northwest–southeast direction. The islands form three clusters. Flores and Corvo are to west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, and Faial are in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas islets are to the east. São ...
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Santa Cruz das Flores is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores, Azores, Portugal.The population in 2021 was 1,552, [1] in an area of 39.68 km². [2] It is the largest population center in the Western Group of the Portuguese Azores, concentrating all governmental and judicial services of the island.
Panorama of Ponta Delgada das Flores, as seen from Pico do Meio Dia The Maria Vaz Islet, as seen from the area around Albernaz Point Lighthouse. The community is located on the northern coast of Flores Island, on a flat rock-bed that extends into the Atlantic Ocean, across from the island of Corvo (Flores' nearest neighbour).
Santa Cruz das Flores (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈkɾuʒ ðɐʃ ˈfloɾɨʃ] ⓘ; lit. ' "Holy Cross of the Flowers" ') is a municipality situated in the north half of the island of Flores, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.