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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 ...
Consequently, many of the Medieval maps and charts that showed the Ocean Sea (the Atlantic Ocean) identified an island (or islands) represented in different positions or forms. The island of Brasil and/or Antillia (from the Brendan context) and the island of Sete Cidades, were usual geographic references that persisted in the proto-geography of ...
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.
Ribeira Chã is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is located along a cliff that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. The population in 2011 was 396, [1] in an area of 2.50 km 2. [2] Ribeira Chã is the smallest parish by population and area in the municipality of Lagoa.
Lagoa das Sete Cidades (Portuguese: [lɐˈɣoɐ ðɐʃ ˈsɛtɨ siˈðaðɨʃ], "Lagoon of the Seven Cities") is a twin lake situated in the crater of a dormant volcano on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It consists of two small, ecologically different lakes connected by a narrow strait, which is crossed by a bridge.
The 1998 Azores earthquake on July 9, which shook the islands of Faial, Pico, and São Jorge at 07:19 (its epicentre north-northeast of Faial), measured 5.6 on the Richter scale and caused damage to the parishes of Riberinha, Pedro Miguel, Salão, and Cedros, as well as more extensive damage in Castelo Branco (mainly Lombega), Flamengos, and ...
Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: University of the Azores: 33– 63. ISSN 0871-7664 . GRA, ed. (7 November 2008), Decreto Legislativo Regional 47/2008/A (PDF) (in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: Jornal Oficial da Região Autonoma dos Açores, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2020 , retrieved 1 May 2012
Ribeirinha is a parish in the district of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,349, [ 1 ] in an area of 17.98 km 2 . [ 2 ] It contains the localities Gramas, Lameiro, Ribeirinha, Santa Rosa and Santo António.