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    from Ponta dos Capelinhos (100 m from the Ilhéus dos Capelinhos) began. Whale spotters at Costado da Nau, a few meters above the Capelinhos lighthouse, saw...
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    Protected Area of Capelinhos, Northwest Coast and Varadouro (Portuguese: Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies dos Capelinhos, Costa Noroeste...
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    submarine). The last significant volcanic eruption, the Capelinhos volcano (Vulcão dos Capelinhos), occurred off the coast of the island of Faial in 1957;...
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    Ponta dos Capelinhos (Portuguese: Farol da Ponta dos Capelinhos), or alternately Lighthouse of Capelinhos (Portuguese: Farol dos Capelinhos), is a former...
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    created by the Capelinhos eruption; Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos dos Capelinhos, includes primarily the impact area of the Capelinhos eruption that...
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    Protected Area of Capelinhos, Northwest Coast and Varadouro (Portuguese: Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies dos Capelinhos, Costa Noroeste...
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    seismic events. The last terrestrial volcanic eruption occurred in 1957–58 (Capelinhos) and minor earthquakes occur sporadically. The exclusive economic zone...
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    Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2013-08-15. "GC1QN4C Capelinhos Volcano [Faial] (Earthcache) in Arquipélago dos Açores, Portugal created...
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    waned and became more Strombolian. Ukinrek maars in Alaska, 1977, and Capelinhos in the Azores, 1957, both examples of above-water Surtseyan activity....
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    interior. The design is comparable to the old lighthouse of Ponta dos Capelinhos and Ribeirinha (on the island of Faial in the Azores) or the Lighthouse...
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    "Fusiform" type volcanic bomb. Capelinhos Volcano, Faial Island, Azores...
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  • Europe, though it sits on the North American Plate). If not, then the Capelinhos Volcano, Faial Island, Azores Islands, Portugal (28° 50′ 00″ W), the westernmost...
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    Layers of volcanic tephra from the 1957 eruption of Capelinhos on Faial in the Azores. Macaronesian islands are created by volcanic activity....
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  • 1963–67 Tigres Island  Angola 1962 Sandy Point  Canada 1960s Ilha Nova (Capelinhos)  Portugal 1957–58 Myōjin-shō  Japan 1952–53, 1946 Shōwa Iōjima  Japan...
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    includes the most recent historic volcanism on the island; location of the Capelinhos Volcano and Recreational Forest Park Castelo Branco - located on the southern...
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    the volcano underwater Shōwa Iōjima - Iōjima, Kagoshima, Japan, 1934 Capelinhos - Faial Island, Azores, 1957–1958 Surtsey - Iceland, 1963 Jólnir - Iceland...
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    failed Prior to 1930 Off the coast of Porto Capture Between 1939 and 1949 Capelinhos, Faial Island Observation Between 1954 and 1957 Mediterranean Sea Observation...
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    John Pastore so as to help the population affected by the 1957–58, the Capelinhos volcano eruption. Moreover, it is noteworthy that the 1965 Immigration...
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    destruction during the 1672 eruption (which was also destroyed following the Capelinhos eruption). Its civil parish status was returned on 1 October 1839, but...
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    earthquake (29 December 1950) 1952 São Miguel earthquake (26 June 1952) 1958 Capelinhos earthquake (13 May 1958) 1964 Rosais earthquake (21 February 1964) 1973...
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    in 1957-58 along the western coast of Faial Island, which formed the Capelinhos Volcano. Seismic events are common in the Azores. The Azores are occasionally...
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    include: the 1957-58 seismic events associated with the eruption of the Capelinhos volcano (on Faial), the February 1964 earthquake on the island of São...
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  • Costa to Charlie, Emo or Emos to Emma and Santos to Stan. In 1957–58, the Capelinhos volcano erupted on the Azorean island of Faial, causing massive destruction...
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  • (Mount Pico) 1718 Capelinhos 755 2,477 Costa de Nau Faial 38°36′6″N 28°49′57″W / 38.60167°N 28.83250°W / 38.60167; -28.83250 (Capelinhos) 1958 Caldeira...
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  • homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed. 1957–1958 — An eruption at Capelinhos, Faial, between 16 and 27 September 16, 1957, finally ending on 25 October...
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  • include volcanic features in the Azores, including Mount Pico (pictured), Capelinhos, and Algar do Carvão, as well as seamounts and deep-sea hydrothermal fields...
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  • Brazil in June 1957. Another crew was sent to capture the eruption of the Capelinhos volcano in the Azores in October. Initially, RTP had a limited coverage...
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    America. Foliage of subsp. perado subsp. azorica specimen (bottom right) at Capelinhos Probably subsp. platyphylla Specimen of subsp. lopezlilloi Trunk Rivers...
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  • the island. These included initial construction of the lighthouses at Capelinhos and Lajes das Flores; the study completed for the supply of water to the...
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    the past two centuries, it has seen activity related to the eruption of Capelinhos (1957–58). During this period, fumaroles in the caldera became active...
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