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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 island covers 760 km 2 (290 sq mi) and has around 140,000 inhabitants, with 45,000 people residing in Ponta Delgada, the ...
Furnas is a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,439, [1] in an area of 34.43 km 2. [2] The parish is one of the largest in the island and in the Azores. It is located east of Lagoa and Ponta Delgada, west of Povoação and southeast of Ribeira Grande .
Vila Franca Islet is the exposed remains of a Surtseyan volcanic cone [2] [3] of phreatomagmatic origin heavily eroded by the sea and seismic forces over time. It is composed mostly of basalt and palagonitic tuff, resulting in characteristic vertically fractured rock formations resembling columns. [2] The islet contains a few underwater caves.
Água de Pau Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, located in the central part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.More recognizable for the Lagoa do Fogo at its centre, the volcanic complex includes centuries of geomorphological structures that include lava domes, cones and encrusted lava flows that have marked its history from, the last, 45,000 years BC.
Ribeira Grande, Azores. / 37.82250°N 25.51806°W / 37.82250; -25.51806. Ribeira Grande ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈβɐjɾɐ ˈɣɾɐ̃dɨ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the northern part of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 32,112, [1] in an area of 180.15 km 2. [2]
Lagoa, Azores. / 37.74861°N 25.54028°W / 37.74861; -25.54028. Lagoa ( Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐˈɣoɐ] ⓘ; 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 ...
Candelária (Ponta Delgada) / 37.82750°N 25.81528°W / 37.82750; -25.81528. Candelária is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,079, [1] in an area of 8.63 km². [2] It is situated along the southwest flank of the Sete ...
Nordeste, Azores. / 37.83278°N 25.14639°W / 37.83278; -25.14639. 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 ...