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  2. Azores - Wikipedia

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    The islands of the Azores emerged from what is called the Azores Plateau, a 5.8 million km 2 region that is morphologically accented by a depth of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Azores (blue), Madeira (green) and the Canary Islands (yellow) in the northern Atlantic

  3. History of the Azores - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Azores Islands (1584) by Abraham Ortelius. The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.

  4. São Miguel Island - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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    The central Azores consist of the islands of Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, Faial, and Graciosa. Terceira is home to the oldest city in the Azores, Angra do Heroísmo, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

  6. Terceira Island - Wikipedia

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    Terceira (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɨɾˈsɐjɾɐ]) is a volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, about a third of the way across the North Atlantic Ocean at a similar latitude to Portugal's capital Lisbon, and the island group is an insular part of Portugal.

  7. Azores temperate mixed forests - Wikipedia

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    The Azores temperate mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of southwestern Europe. It encompasses the Azores archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. These volcanic islands are an autonomous region of Portugal , and lie 1500 km west of the Portuguese mainland.

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