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The following is a list of the prominent beaches and or tidal swimming areas in the islands of the Azores: Corvo The main island beach, the Portinho da Areia was once ...
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 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 ...
Though the Azores are generally socially conservative, of all the islands, Terceira is known for having the most open gay male community. [ 10 ] The famous twentieth century Terceiran poet, J.H. Santos Barros argued in 1978 that a tradition of homosexuality on the island dated back to the influence of Castilian troops stationed on the island in ...
Angra do Heroísmo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ ðu eɾuˈiʒmu] ⓘ), or simply Angra, [1] [2] is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores.
Situated 1,360 kilometres (850 mi) west of continental Portugal, about 880 kilometres (550 mi) northwest of Madeira and approximately 1,925 kilometres (1,196 mi) southeast of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Azores Geopark includes several geologically-significant sites throughout all nine islands and maritime seafloor of the Azores. There are ...
Santa Cruz da Graciosa, is the largest urbanized settlement on the island of Graciosa, Azores A partial glimpse of the civil parish of Praia on the southern coast of Graciosa The territory of Graciosa Island consists of one municipality, Santa Cruz da Graciosa (4,780 inhabitants in 2001), which is divided into four civil parishes:
Angra do Heroísmo, oldest continuously settled town in the archipelago of the Azores and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Azores and Madeira are two groups of Portuguese islands in the Atlantic. Azores and Madeira are integral parts of the Portuguese Republic, but both have the special status as Autonomous Regions, with a degree of self-governance ...