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Nature Attractions In Faial Island

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Faial Island , also known in English as Fayal, is a Portuguese island of the Central Group of the Azores. The Capelinhos Volcano, the westernmost point of the island, might as well be the westernmost point of Europe, if the Monchique Islet, near Flores Island, is considered part of North America, for it sits on the North American Plate. With its nearest neighbours, Pico and São Jorge , it forms an area commonly known as the Triângulo . The island has also been referred to as the Ilha Azul , derived from the writings of Portuguese poet Raul Brandão, due to the large quantity of hydrangeas that bloom during the summer months: The man that had the idea...
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  • 1. Caldeira Horta
    Felisberto Caldeira Brant Pontes de Oliveira Horta, the Marquis of Barbacena was a soldier and statesman of both Portugal and the Empire of Brazil.
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  • 2. The Marina of Horta Horta
    This is a list of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean, excluding the ports of the Baltic Sea. For inland ports on rivers, canals, and lakes, including the Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence Seaway, and Mississippi River, see inland port. Country names follow ISO 3166 .
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  • 6. Porto Pim Aquarium Horta
    The Porto Pim Whale Factory Museum is a whaling museum in the civil parish of Angústias, in the municipality of Horta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Dedicated to the socio-economic influence of the whaling industry in the region, the museum was established in the abandoned whaling factory used for many years in the processing of whale blubber into oil.
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  • 8. Faial Botanical Garden Horta
    The Botanical Garden of Faial is an ecological garden, component of the Faial Nature Park, established in 1986 to educate and protect the biodiversity common on Faial, an island of the Azores archipelago.
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  • 9. Gruta das Torres Pico
    The Gruta das Torres , is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers. This formation is located outside the parish of Criação Velha, in the municipality of Madalena, on the western flanks of the island of Pico. The cave system formed from a series of pāhoehoe lava flows which originating from the Cabeço Bravo parasitic cone about 500 to 1500 years ago. The caves are a group of interconnected lava tubes between 0.5–22 metres width, created from both pāhoehoe and ʻaʻā types of lavas generated during different geological periods. It has a height between 1.1 and 15 metres and is located at an elevation of 300 metres . With an estimated length of over 5.2 km it is the longest lava cave in the Azores. Access to t...
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