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2. Corvo Island - Wikipedia

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   Corvo Island (Portuguese: Ilha do Corvo, pronounced [ˈiʎɐ ðu ˈkoɾvu], lit. ' Island of the Crow ') is the smallest and the northernmost island of the Azores archipelago and the northernmost in Macaronesia. It has a population of 435 inhabitants (as of 2023) [3] making it the smallest single municipality in the Azores and in Portugal.

3. Vila do Corvo - Wikipedia

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   Vila do Corvo (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is the smallest municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, constituting the island of Corvo in its entirety. With a population of 430 in 2011, [1] it is the least populated of the Portuguese municipalities, and the only Portuguese municipality, by law, without a civil parish (freguesia, the smallest administrative unit in Portugal).

4. Statue of Corvo - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. These Atlantic islands rival Hawaii, but with fewer crowds ...

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   Colonized by Portugal in the early 15th century (the Vikings were rumored to have stopped by, too), today the Azores are an autonomous territory with a population of 242,796 (about two-thirds that ...

6. Azores - Wikipedia

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   Corvo (the smallest island) is a crater of a major Plinian eruption; Flores (its neighbor on the North American plate) is a rugged island carved by many valleys and escarpments; Faial is characterized for its shield volcano and caldera (Caldeira Volcano) Pico, is the highest point, at 2,351 m (7,713 ft), in the Azores and continental Portugal

7. Flores Island (Azores) - Wikipedia

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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.