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Pico Island (Ilha do Pico, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiʎɐ ðu ˈpiku]) is an island in the Central Group of the Portuguese Azores. The landscape features an eponymous volcano , Ponta do Pico , which is the highest mountain in Portugal , the Azores, and the highest elevation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge .
Hawaii is divided into five counties: Hawaiʻi, Honolulu, Kalawao, Kauaʻi, and Maui. Each island is included in the boundaries and under the administration of one of these counties. Honolulu County, despite being centralized, administers the outlying Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Kalawao (the smallest county in the United States in terms of ...
Nihoa (/ n iː ˈ h oʊ. ə /; Hawaiian: Nīhoa [niːˈhowə] or Hawaiian: Nihoa), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, 296 km (160 nmi) southeast of Necker Island.
Wine production on Pico Island began in the 15th century. In order to protect the farms and vineyards from wind and seawater, farmers built a network of long stone walls across the island. Buildings related to viticulture include the early 19th century manor houses, wine cellars, ports, and churches. Wine production in the island reached its ...
Pico Island: Mount Pico: 2351 m 7713 ft 444: 0.198 Azores Portugal: 49: New Ireland: Mount Taron: 2340 m 7680 ft 7404: 0.0482 Papua New Guinea: 50: Atlasov Island: Alaid Volcano: 2339 m 7674 ft 119: 0.38 (Kuril Islands) Russia: 51: Guadalcanal: Mount Popomanaseu: 2335 m 7661 ft 5302: 0.0568 Solomon Islands: 52: New Britain: Mount Ulawun: 2334 m ...
Hawaiʻi island (the Big Island) is the biggest and youngest island in the chain, built from five volcanoes. Mauna Loa, taking up over half of the Big Island, is the largest shield volcano on the Earth. The measurement from sea level to summit is more than 2.5 miles (4 km), from sea level to sea floor about 3.1 miles (5 km). [16]
Gardner Pinnacles is made up of two small basalt peaks, the last rocky island in Hawaii. While the island itself is tiny, the surrounding reef is expansive and diverse. 166-square-mile (430 km 2) Maro Reef is an extremely fertile reef system that has been described as a "coral garden". Laysan is a 913-acre (3.69 km 2), low, sandy island with a ...
São Caetano (Portuguese for 'Saint Cajetan') is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena along the southwestern coast of the island of Pico, the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 480, [ 1 ] in an area of 23.88 km 2 .