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	Azores Islands Lighthouses and beacons
		None of the 17 lighthouses and 94 small beacons was forgotten, not even those that have been deactivated or destroyed by natural catastrophes such as the Capelinhos volcanic eruption, the 1980 and 1998 earthquakes.
		On the second part we have the geographical description of the archipelago and its islands, followed by the listing of lighthouses and small beacons that exist in each one of the nine islands, as well as their history and features along with pictures that were taken from land, sea and even aerial.
		It is on one these islets, the southerner, that we find the lighthouse settled in a tower with the shape of a ship's mast with 19 metres tall, whose light is 22 metres above the sea level.
	farois.nosacores.com /english.html (541 words)

	Santa Maria - Azores Tourist Guide - Destinazores
		Its’ small white beaches, its’ glimmering hillsides, checkerboarded by basalt fences mixes perfectly with the greenery in the vineyards and the whiteness of the houses.
		The Islets of “Lagoinhas” and “Vila” are a part of the coastal landscape.
		“Formigas”, a group of eight islets 37 km’s north-west of Santa Maria, is a privileged nesting area for many seabirds and it has been granted a Statute of Natural Reserve due to the abundance of sea life.
	www.destinazores.com /smaria_sea.php (276 words)

	University of Plymouth Coastal and Ocean Policy review of the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Formigas islets and the Dollabarat reef are known collectively as the Formigas Bank.
		The Formigas Bank is located on the Mid-Atlantic ridge and lies within the Economic Exclusive Zone of Azores.
		The Formigas Bank, which has been entitled a nature reserve, an SCI and a potential OSPAR MPA is poor example of a "marine protected area".
	www.research.plymouth.ac.uk /marine-policy/courses/eu/6/case1.htm (1715 words)

	Açores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These nine islands, aggregating in area about 922 square miles, vary greatly in size, from São Miguel, with an area of 288, to Corvo, with an area of not more than 5 square miles.
		The Formigas and other tiny islets throughout the archipelago are of no importance except as perils to navigation.
		Physically, the Azores are generally characterized by the bold and irregular conformation usually found in islands of volcanic origin.
	www.princehenrysociety.org /Azores.htm (1084 words)

	European projects
		Consequently, the management needed has to be of a different type, involving a greater variety of socio-economic sectors.
		Finally, the islets of Formigas and the Dollabarat reef represent the setting for a third management model.
		At present they are subject to growing human disturbance, like demersal fishery and spearfishing, but the area has the potential to be made into an authentic oceanic sanctuary.
	www.horta.uac.pt /research/european_21.html (809 words)

	geography
		In the vicinity, the islets of Mosteiros and Pico das Camarinhas, with curious vestiges of the island's original vegetation.
		Privileged areas for underwater observation are Ponta da Galera, the coast in the Feteiras area and the islets of Vile Franca and Mosteiros.
		Of course it is the large and combative sword fish, oceanic bream, pecos, several kinds of tuna and shark, etc. that supply opportunity for thrilling struggles to keen sports fishermen Several record catches have already been made.
	home.c2i.net /amedeiro/geography1.htm (3222 words)

	The Timeshare Beat: IN Europe; The Azores Islands
		During the period of navigation by astronomy the islet was especially important as it functioned as one of the main points of reference used to reroute and check navigational equipment.
		Graciosa,Sco Jorge, Terceira and Sco Miguel lie on the Eurasian Plate and FaiaI, Pico, Santa Maria and the Formigas Islets tend to move towards joining the African Plate.
		Thus the two western islands are distancing themselves from the rest of the archipelago by 2.5cm a year.
	www.thetimesharebeat.com /europe/azores.htm (1238 words)

	The Quest 2001: Azores
		Azores (Portuguese Açores), archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, located 1,300 km (800 mi) west of Portugal, an autonomous region of that country.
		The Azores have an area of 2,247 sq km (868 sq mi), and include nine major islands in three scattered groups: the eastern group, which includes the major islands São Miguel and Santa Maria, and the Formigas islets; the central group (Faial, Pico, São Jorge, Terceira, and Graciosa); and the northwestern group (Flores and Corvo).
		The largest city in the Azores is Ponta Delgada (1991 population, 21,091), located on the island of São Miguel.
	www.beavermedgrp.com /challenge/wonder-azores.htm (396 words)

	3.5
		Each of the selected sites has special features that have contributed for its primary choice: isolation and wilderness (Formigas bank), particular social context (Corvo island), unique environment (D. João de Castro bank) and proximity to research facilities (Monte da Guia, Baixa do Sul and Madalena islets).
		Together with the fishermen community and scientists, the new tourism company established voluntary rules to protect an area known to hold big dusky groupers (Epinephelus marginatus), a feature that is already uncommon on the other islands and very attractive to scuba divers (Figure 1) (Tempera et al.
		The Formigas offshore bank (which comprehends both the shallow rocky bottoms around the Formigas islets and the Dollabarat reef) is located between the islands of São Miguel and Santa Maria.
	www.biomareweb.org /3.5.html (1511 words)

	Lighthouses of the Azores
		The Ilhéus Formigas (formigas means "ants" in Portuguese) are small rocky islets located about 45 km (28 mi) northeast of the Ilha de Santa Maria.
		The task was finally done in a remarkable 36-day project in the summer of 1948.
		Located on the largest of the islets, a rock about 180 m by 40 m (roughly 200 yd by 40 yd).
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/azo.htm (2748 words)

	Cape Verde 1999
		The Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) islands are a volcanic archipelago lying 450-800 Km west of Senegal, in west Africa.
		There are 10 islands and several islets, divided in two groups: the windward islands (ilhas do Barlavento) and the leeward islands (ilhas do sotavento).
		The 5th record for S. Vicente, and the 2nd April country record.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/CapeVerde99.html (1525 words)

	A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas - Volume 1, Marine Region 5, Northeast Atlantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Vila Franca Islet, Sao Miguel Island (25°30W, 37°25'N): Small islet close inshore.
		Formigas Islets and Dolabarat Bank: Approximately 50 miles form South Miguel.
		Topo Islet, Sao Jorge Island (27°45W, 38°25'N): Nature Reserve extends to 30 meters depth.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/mpa/nrsmpa/global/volume1/chapter5.html (11223 words)

	: Açores Natureza Viva : Guia :
		Ilhéu da Vila Franca is a natural reserve, an islet that keeps inside a natural swimming pool.
		Leave the parish by the road of Seara, toward Várzea; stop at the belvedere of Escalvado, overlooking Ferraria, the islets and Mosteiros parish.
		For more experimented divers, there are excursions to Dolla Bará, João de Castro bank, and Formigas islets, situated approximately 55 miles from São Miguel Island.
	www.azoresguide.net /smigueleng.html (4030 words)

	WaitingReceipt: August 2004
		Portuguese in full Arquipélago Dos Açores, archipelago composed of nine major islands, in the North Atlantic Ocean; they lie roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) west of Portugal and are a part of that nation.
		The islands, which have a total land area of 868 square miles (2,247 square km), are divided into three widely separated groups: the eastern group, consisting of São Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas islets; the central, of Faial, Pico,
		Any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging.
	waitingreceipt.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_waitingreceipt_archive.html (980 words)

	References from Formis 2001 for (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Borgmeier, T. "Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Costa Rica e da Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)."
		"The natural history of the Macinaggio Islets (Northeastern Corsica) with particular reference to the herpetofauna."
		Kempf, W.W. "Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical."
	www.cs.unc.edu /~hedlund/dev/ants/catalog/na/online/Myrmicinae/refs/Aphaenogaster/RA.html (6600 words)

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