Ponta Delgada, Azores 2007

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Ponta Delgada, Azores 2007 - Page 1
(2007/05/21)

Ponta Delgada is a municipality on São Miguel Island in the Azores.

São Miguel Island -- Portuguese for Saint Michael -- nickname "Green Island", is the largest and most populous of the Azores Islands. The island covers 759 sq km and has around 140,000 inhabitants (called Micaelenses); the largest town is Ponta Delgada, with about 30,000 inhabitants.

Arriving before sunrise
Ponta Delgada
On the dock

The buses are ready
Town square #1
Town square #2

Town square #3
Town square #4
Town square #5

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São Miguel is 90 km from east to west, and between 8 and 15 km wide. São Miguel is largely covered with fields and meadows in the lowlands, and laurisilva forests in the hills. Geysers and hot springs (caldeiras) are spread over the island, which is composed of an old solid mass that stretches from Povoação to Nordeste. São Miguel has 3 stratovolcanoes and caldeiras, Sete Cidades, Agua de Pau and Furnas. The volcanic masses are connected between the alignments of the cone-like mass that are made up of peaks.

The peak area between Sete Cidades and Fogo is a monogenetic volcanic field composed of 270 volcanoes. They are primarily made up of basaltic cones which were formed during Strombolian and Hawaiian-style eruptions. It is the most recently active area of the island. The youngest volcanoes are relatively well dated. It is possible to count 19 eruptions which have occurred 3,000 years ago. One eruption was historical and is known as Fogo 2, it occurred in 1652.

The highest elevation on São Miguel is the Pico da Vara with 1.103m.

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