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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...
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  • the Azores: Mount Pico A series of cones toward the Caldeira on Faial The shield volcano of Santa Bárbara on Terceira Pico do Gaspar, a spatter cone on...
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    Rabo de Peixe. It contains the localities Cancela, Pico da Pedra, Pico do Ataíde, Pico do Boi, Tapada do Fernandes and Tronqueira. The population of the...
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    As Gaspar Frutuoso noted: "The other [parish], of Santa Bárbara, is within the sierra, of the same band from Norte, a league and a half from Vila [do Porto]...
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    coast of Pico Island, whose settlement began with natives from Northern Portugal, after stopping at Terceira and Graciosa. According to Gaspar Frutuoso...
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    Montanha do Pico (also known as "Mount Pico") standing as the highest at 2,351 meters on Pico Island. Other notable elevations include Pico da Vara on...
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    municipalities on the island: Lajes do Pico to the southeast, and São Roque do Pico to the northeast. The settlement of the island of Pico occurred much later than...
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  • Juncal Algar do Negro Algar do Pico Alto Algar do Pico do Funil Algar do Pico Gaspar I Algar do Pico Gaspar II Algar dos Funis Algar/Gruta do Mistério Algar/Gruta...
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    Santa Bárbara, along the edge of a Cryptomeria forest and flanked by Pico do Gaspar. Within a mesotrophic humid zone consisting of aquatic vegetation, including...
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    urbanized zone and city of Angra do Heroísmo and includes both the historic, as well as suburban, areas (such as São Carlos, Pico da Urze and Bicas de Cabo Verde)...
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