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	Azores - LoveToKnow 1911
		AZORES (Acores), or Western Islands, an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to the kingdom of Portugal.
		Thus the Azores are the farthest from any continent of all the island groups in the Atlantic; but they are usually regarded as belonging to Europe, as their climate and flora are European in character.
		At that time the Azores were the grand rendezvous for the fleets on their voyage home from the Indies; and hence they became a theatre of that maritime warfare which was carried on by the English under Queen Elizabeth against the Peninsular powers.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Azores (2290 words)

	Corvo - The Azores
		The islands of Corvo and Flores, 15 miles apart, form the Western group of the Azores Archipelago.
		Volcanic in origin, Corvo is the smallest island in the Archipelago, with an area of 17.5 Km2 and 400 inhabitants.
		Corvo's windmills are different from windmills on the other islands, and are more like those left by the Moors on the Portuguese continent.
	www.azores.com /azores/corvo.php (222 words)

	Azores Portugal accommodation pages
		The Azores (Portuguese: Açores/) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America.
		The Azores are actually the tops of some of the tallest mountains on the planet, as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean.
		The Azores had a population of 238,767 in 31 December 2002 and a population density of 106 persons/km².
	www.direct-hotels-online.com /Portugal/Azores/Azores.html (808 words)

	Azores Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There is the mystery of an equestrian statue on Corvo, and also the mystery of the Phoenician or Carthagenian coins said to have found there as well.32 Corvo along with Flores are the two westernmost islands of the archipelago, and hence, the last inch of European soil.
		Corvo and Flores in the western part of the island chain get polar fronts that swing through leaving heavy rain.86 Tropical cyclones and hurricanes have pummeled the islands during September and October when low pressure allows them through.87 One such hurricane struck the islands on August 30, 1857.
		In the 1880's the status of farming equipment found on the Azores was as this visitor saw it: Flax is extensively cultivated and used, yet a loom or spinning-wheel is a thing almost unknown.
	wwwlibrary.csustan.edu /bsantos/azores.html (7104 words)

	Azores
		The Azores (or Açores in Portuguese) are a group of Portuguese islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America.
		The Azores had a population of 238,000 in 1992 and a population density of 106 persons per square kilometer.
		In 1931, the Azores began using regular Portuguese stamps, but in 1980 Portugal began issuing stamps inscribed "Portugal Acores" valid in both the Azores and Portugal.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/az/Azores.html (267 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Azores
		The first Portuguese colonies of any importance in the Azores were those of São Miguel, and Terceira, and at the end of the fifteenth century a certain number of the Moors, driven from Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, took refuge in the islands.
		From 1580 to 1640 the Azores, like the rest of the Portuguese dominions, had to submit to the rule of Spain, and during that period the neighbouring waters were the scene of many hard fights between the Spanish and the English sea-rovers.
		Material prosperity began to be restored to the Azores immediately after the period of the French invasion of the Peninsula and the flight of João IV to Brazil (1807), when the former restrictions of commerce were removed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02168a.htm (1139 words)

	Azores Island - Corvo – Europe’s most isolated island
		Corvo’s coastline is extremely rocky, with its more or less high and steep cliffs hardly allowing any small bays to be formed, and marked by tiny islets and shoals, which became disastrous for several ships during the island’s history… even if some ship-wrecking was caused by the islanders themselves!
		Corvo’s discovery is closely linked with that of its bigger sister Flores, which is said to have taken place around 1450.
		Vila Nova do Corvo, the island’s administrative centre, is the smallest community Europe’s with a town charter, which it received in 1832 from King Pedro IV in gratitude for their support during the conflicts between the Liberals and the Absolutists.
	www.azores-islands.info /uk/places/corvo/corvo.html (808 words)

	Corvo, Azores - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Corvo (IPA pronunciation: ['koɾvu]) is a municipality located in the Corvo Island, the smallest of the 9 islands of the Portuguese autonomous region of Azores.
		The municipality includes the entire portion of the island of Corvo, therefore being entirely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
		Corvo is the only Portuguese municipality with no parishes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corvo,_Azores (203 words)

	Timelines: A Phoenician Fable
		Corvo is the tip of a volcano in the mid-Atlantic ridge and, except for a small area at the south end where a village and port are located, it rises up in sheer cliffs from the sea.
		The Piziganos probably placed their warning in the area of the Azores by accident and that chance gave rise to the notion that the statue was in the Azores when the islands were discovered a few years later.
		It is possible that the coins were indeed from a place called Corvo - not from the island but from the town of that name located in the tin-bearing region of the Portuguese mainland, a town that may have attracted the Carthaginians as it was within easy reach of their other settlements.
	nautarch.tamu.edu /shiplab/acores-geral01-fenicios.htm (2122 words)

	Corvo / Ilha do Corvo, Portugal
		Corvo ("crow island"), the most northerly and the smallest (17.5sq.km/ 6.75sq.
		Virtually untouched by tourism, Corvo is the only island in the Azores not to have an airport.
		With its rugged and cliff-fringed coasts, which are particularly steep on the west side of the island, Corvo has no proper harbor.
	www.planetware.com /portugal/corvo-ilha-do-corvo-p-azo-corvo.htm (230 words)

	chinesephantomoncorvoislandazores
		Corvo is the smallest of the nine Azorean islands, with an area of less than seven square miles, and an estimated population of 400 people concentrated into one little village.
		In their description of Corvo, there is no mention of the existence of the legendary statue.
		Francisco Xavier, who was the pastor of Corvo island from September 2002 to September 2003 and is presently stationed at Five Wounds Church in San Jos‚, CA., assured me that he never heard of, much less sighted, the phantom statue.
	www.dightonrock.com /chinesephantomoncorvoislandazore.htm (510 words)

	Portugal City Guide :: The Azores - Sao Miguel Santa Maria Terceira Graciosa Sao Jorge Pico Faial Corvo Flores
		São Miguel is the largest of the islands of the Azores (65 km by 16km, 40 miles by 10 miles) and the most populated (pop.
		Air Azores (part of the SATA Group) flies to many European cities including direct flights to London (Gatwick), Zurich, Munich, Frankfurt, Madrid and many other destinations in Europe including Manchester in the UK via Lisbon, Porto Faro and Funchal and has direct flights to Boston and Providence, Rhode Island in the USA.
		The island is blessed with golden, sandy beaches and is the driest and sunniest of the Azores islands.
	www.portugalvisitor.com /city-guide/azores.html (1406 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Corvo \| Summary
		The small 3.5 x 6 km island of Corvo is located at the NW end of the Azores archipelago.
		Corvo and its neighbor to the south, Flores, are the only two Azorean volcanoes located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
		The youngest eruption on Corvo produced a fissure-fed lava flow that reached the sea near Punta Negra.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1802-002 (159 words)

	Azores Acôres Azorerne home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At nine hundred and ninety nine, it was necessary for two members of a family to leave because a relative was dying on another island.
		\par he Corvo's people showed such gratitude, that in his last will and testament, Mouzinho da Silveira asked to be buried in Corvo (which did not happen) because he "liked the idea of being surrounded by people who in my lifetime dared to be thankful".
		In their speech the people of Corvo use many archaic words an phrases which the isolation of the island has preserved.
	www.mirapico.dk /corvo.htm (559 words)

	azores - açores web portal
		The Azores are lush, green islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, where temperatures are mild and change little from season to season.
		The Azores (Portuguese: Açores) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 930 miles (1,500 km) from Lisbon and about 2.400 miles (3.900 km) from the east coast of North America.
		The Azores Archipelago is composed of nine islands, which are distributed in three groups: the eastern group, consisting of the islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria, the Central group comprised of the islands of Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico and Faial, the Western group is composed of the islands of Flores and Corvo.
	www.azoresweb.com (529 words)

	Azores Portugal - IndigoGuide Azores Islands
		The archipelago of the Azores is situated in the Atlantic Ocean, midway between North America and Europe and parallel with Lisbon.
		The islands are São Miguel, Corvo, Santa Maria, Terceira, Faial, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico and Flores.
		As for climate, the Azores have a minimum of 14 degrees centigrade and a maximum of 25 degrees centigrade, so you are pretty much guaranteed fair weather whatever time of year you visit.
	www.indigoguide.com /portugal/azores.htm (398 words)

	Atlantic Ocean - Azores
		Varying in size from 760 km² (São Miguel) to 17 km² (Corvo), the nine islands are divided into three groups: the Eastern Group of São Miguel, Santa Maria and the Formigas Islets; the Central Group of Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico and Faial; and the Western Group of Flores and Corvo.
		In general the islands of the Azores are traversed by east-west orientated mountains with large ravines and narrow, deep valleys.
		The Azores Islands rise from the ocean bed from a large submarine feature known as the Azores platform — a triangular-shaped area covering some 400,000 km², sitting in an area known as the Azores triple junction, where the North American, Eurasian and African plates meet.
	www.oceandots.com /atlantic/azores (386 words)

	Portugal > Travel > Azores > Ilhas de Azores
		The first of the Azores group of islands were said to be discovered in 1427 but his fact is somewhat disputed by other records.
		The Archipelago of the Azores is on the same latitude as that of Lisbon and is about two hours flight from Portugal.
		Due to the purity of air the light is of such a quality that it emphasizes the colours of vegetation, flowers, and the difference between light and shade.
	www.portugal-info.net /azores (932 words)

	Azores with EWP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Azores, Pico, Sao Miguel, São Miguel, Açores, Sao Jorge, Faial, Portugal,
		Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores, is located on Sao Miguel, the largest of the islands and the most populous.
		However the British presence in the Azores was short-lived as the island soon thereafter vanished back under the waves.
	www.ewpnet.com /Azores.htm (720 words)

	Pierre Sousa Lima motopage - The Azores
		Due to its strategic geographic position, the archipelago was to become one of the axis of navigation between Europe, the Orient and America during the course of the 16th and 17th centuries.
		The Azores' commitment to the preservation of nature and environmental protection led the European Union to award the Azores an honorable mention in 1995 as part of the European Awards for Tourism and the Environment.
		The region's committment to nature is borne out by the presence of dozens of natural reserves, areas of protected landscape, parks and forests, all of which are a fitting testament to the commitment the regional government shows towards their ecological preservation.
	pierre.inazores.com /acores_e.htm (350 words)

	Birding Azores - Main Page
		Corvo has a length of 6,5 km, a width of 4 km, and a total area of 17 square kilometres and are the smallest island in the Azores.
		If you book a flight to Corvo, there is a small 18-seated plane scheduled three times a week in the autumn (from Flores or Faial).
		There are no hotels in Corvo, but there is a small camping area, a guesthouse, and a few private rooms that should be booked in advance.
	azores.seawatching.net /index.php?page=corvo (558 words)

	AZORES express
		The Azores are located a thousand nautical miles from the European continent, at the very spot that the tectonic plates for Europe, Africa and North America meet.
		The Azores' commitment to the environment led the European Union to recognize the islands in 1995 in the European Awards for Tourism and the Environment.
		Corvo is mostly open hinterland–inviting for solitary hikes, and being at one with the sky and sea.
	www.azores-express.com /mediaguide.aspx (7922 words)

	Azores Tourist Guide - Destinazores
		The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean approximately 1500 km from the European coast and 3900 km from the North American coast.
		The minimum distance between two islands is 6 km (Pico and Faial) and the maximum distance, approximately 600 km, divide Santa Maria and Corvo.
		In 1976 the Azores was granted the status of an Autonomous Region.
	www.destinazores.com (275 words)

	history azores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		And finally the western two islands of Corvo and Flores were sighted in 1452 which concluded.
		Flores and Corvo were discovered close to the year 1452 by Diogo de Teive and his son João de Teive.
		Because of the Azores' strategic geographic position, the archipelago became the center of navigation between Europe, Africa, the East and the Americas during the 16th and 17th-centuries.
	www.azoresweb.com /history_azores.html (1022 words)

	Azores Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		rightthumbFlag of Azores The Azores (Portuguese: ''Açores'') are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America.
		The Azores are actually the tops of the tallest mountains on the planet as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean.
		Lagoa is located east of Ponta Delgada and is linked with a road connecting Ponta Delgada, the western part of the island and Fumas, Povoação and the eastern part of the island to the east and to the north especially areas that are away from the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/7/azores-flag.html (1165 words)

	Wikinfo \| Azores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The division was quite arbitrary, and didn’t follow the natural island groups, rather reflecting the location of each district capital on the three main cities (neither of each on the western group).
		In 1978 the Azores became an Autonomous Region and the azorean districts (Angra, Horta, Ponta Delgada) were suppressed.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Azores (391 words)

	Corvo
		Corvo is the smallest islands on the Azores.
		If you go to Corvo by boat, be sure to return with the same boat.
		There is a small campsite situated at the opposite end of the runway.
	www.azores.dk /Ecorvo.htm (243 words)

	Flores, Azores - Holidays with Sunvil Discovery
		This island is spectacular, with craggy cliffs, a multitude of lakes and craters, high waterfalls, small pastures bordered by mile after mile of hydrangea hedges, stunning views and shades of green as you’ve never seen before.
		Corvo across the water, is the remotest and tiniest of the islands, being 6.5 km long and 4 km wide.
		There is one tiny settlement — Vila Nova do Corvo and, six kilometres uphill from the village, is the vast (300m deep and 2 km wide) green, volcanic crater, reached on a wonderful walk which affords views of green pastures, the oceans and Flores across the water.
	www.sunvil.co.uk /sunvil/home/destinations/the_azores/flores/more.asp (285 words)

	Noonsite: Azores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With their secluded bays, uncrowded anchorages and protected harbours, the rest of the Azores are still waiting to be discovered as a cruising destination in their own right.
		The climate in the Azores is dominated by the mid-Atlantic area of high pressure which bears their name.
		The position of the Azores high varies with the season, being more northerly in the autumn and more southerly in the spring, usually lying to the S or SW of the islands.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/Azores (299 words)

	Azores - Portuguese Genealogist Master List
		Azores, married in Azores (Frank Espindle to Julia Sousa Vieira).
		We are suposed have relatives in the Azores and in Sault St. Marie Ontario Canada.
		The story is, that she went back to the Azores and maybe died there in the 40's.
	www.dholmes.com /master-list/azores.html (8836 words)

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