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    Faial Island (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈjal]), also known in English as Fayal, is a Portuguese island of the Central Group (Portuguese: Grupo Central)...
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  • Faial may refer to the following places: Faial Island, an island of the Azores, Portugal Faial da Terra, a civil parish in the municipality of Povoação...
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    when Pico became part of the neighboring island of Faial's control. Pico is thought to be the last of the islands of the Central Group to be occupied. In...
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    Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico, Faial Island, Flores, Corvo Berlengas (Portugal) Bissagos Islands (Guinea-Bissau) Canary Islands (Spain) Lanzarote, Fuerteventura...
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    in the Azores in 1469 and lived for a time on Faial Island by invitation of the first Captain of Faial, Josse van Huerter. Following disagreements with...
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    Azores (redirect from Azores Islands)
    Pico Island. Other notable elevations include Pico da Vara on São Miguel Island, Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island, Cabeço Gordo on Faial Island, and...
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    Capelinhos (category Faial Island)
    "little cape") is a monogenetic volcano located on the western coast of Faial Island in the Azores. It is part of the larger volcanic complex of Capelo, which...
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    The Action of Faial or the Battle of Faial Island was a naval engagement that took place on 22–23 June 1594 during the Anglo-Spanish War in which the...
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    7018750; -31.10167 (Corvo Island) Faial, 38°34′57″N 28°42′17″W / 38.58250°N 28.70472°W / 38.58250; -28.70472 (Faial Island) Flores, 39°26′37″N 31°11′57″W...
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    Caldeira Volcano (category Faial Island)
    stratovolcano and the largest geomorphological structure that forms the island of Faial. The mountain's highest point, Cabeço Gordo, reaches 1,043 metres (3...
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    P.M.; Farid Chemale Jr. (2008). "Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks from Faial Island (Azores)" (PDF). Lisbon: e-Terra, GEOTIC – Sociedade Geológica de Portugal...
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    Horta, on Faial Island in the archipelago of the Azores. The airport was remodeled and reinaugurated in December 2001, in order to serve the islands of the...
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    Duke of Faial (Portuguese: Duque do Faial) was a Portuguese title of nobility, named for Faial Island in the Azores, which was granted by royal decree...
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    city in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores encompassing the island of Faial. The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of 173.06 square kilometres...
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  • Surtsey are currently islands, and Surtsey is the only one that is expected to survive, Ilha Nova is now connected to Faial Island. Newly created landmass...
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    P.M.; Farid Chemale Jr. (2008). "Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks from Faial Island (Azores)" (PDF). Lisbon: e-Terra, GEOTIC – Sociedade Geológica de Portugal...
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  • 1998 Azores Islands earthquake (also known as the Faial earthquake) struck with an epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores Islands of Portugal...
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    Lagoa das Sete Cidades, São Miguel Island, Azores...
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    original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2013-08-15. "GC1QN4C Capelinhos Volcano [Faial] (Earthcache) in Arquipélago dos Açores, Portugal created by almeidara"...
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    This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists islands with peaks by elevation. At the end of this article continental...
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    region of Portugal. Separated from its nearest neighbours (Pico and Faial islands) by the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) Pico-São Jorge Channel, the central group...
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    Mount Pico (category Pico Island)
    morning, turning intense and visible in various points throughout the island and from Faial. Although the event resulted from exceptional meteorological conditions...
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  • North American Plate). If not, then the Capelinhos Volcano, Faial Island, Azores Islands, Portugal (28° 50′ 00″ W), the westernmost point of the Eurasian...
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    Miguel Island (seat of the Autonomous Government); Horta at Faial Island (seat of the Legislative Assembly); and Angra do Heroísmo at Terceira Island (seat...
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  • Caribbean islands by area List of European islands by population List of islands by area List of islands by population Madeira and the Canary Islands are not...
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    Manuel de Arriaga (category People from Faial Island)
    to the Fleming Joss van Aard, one of the original settlers of the island of Faial (of the male line to a Basque family of small nobility) and whose second...
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  • Iuri Gomes (category People from Faial Island)
    Iuri Queli Tomás Medeiros Almeida Gomes (born 11 October 1996) is a Portuguese footballer on Angolan descent who plays for Vila Real as a forward. On 21...
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  • epidemic plague ravaged the island of São Miguel, and the island became isolated for a few years. The plague also reached Faial Island. 1538: A volcanic eruption...
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    resulting in the extinction of at least two plant species on Pico Island. On Faial Island, the decline of Prunus lusitanica has been hypothesized by some...
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  • Iuri Medeiros (category People from Faial Island)
    Iuri José Picanço Medeiros (born 10 July 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Emirati club Al-Nasr as a winger. He achieved Primeira...
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