Volcano of Flores
Satellite picture of the Island Flores, Azores.
Elevation:	915 m (3,002 feet)
Coordinates:	39.40° N 31.17° W
Location:	Azores
Highest point:	Morro Alto (914 m)
Length:	17 km
Width:	12.5 km
Type:	Stratovolcano (extinct)
Last eruption:	950 BC ± 100 years
First ascent:
Easiest route:

Flores Island is an island of the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago. It has a surface of 143 square kilometers and a 2003 population of 3907 inhabitants. Image File history File links Flores Island of the Azores from Space Shuttle. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Flag of Azores Shaded relief map of the Azores from 1975 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. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ... Last eruption refers to the last volcanic event of a volcano. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... If you were looking for the car, please see Mercury Mountaineer. ... Flag of Azores Shaded relief map of the Azores from 1975 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. ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...

Demographics

Flores is divided into two municipalities (concelho), Santa Cruz das Flores in the north, with 1820 inhabitants, and Lajes das Flores in the south. The economy of the island is mainly agricultural, with yams and grain. Due to the early settlers being from northern Portugal, the island's houses and streets resemble those found there. Portugal has a military agreement with France permiting to France to have a base in the region. The island also has an airport. Santa Cruz das Flores is both a municipality in the Western part of the Azores. ... Lajes das Flores is both a parish and a district in western part of the Azores. ... For the Levantine god of the untamed sea (sometimes called Yam), see Yaw (god). ... Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a caryopsis). ...

The landscape

Flores lies like the island of Corvo on the American Continental Plate. Fajã Grande is the westernmost village in all of Europe. There are two parishes and a river that have the name Corvo (Portuguese for crow): In the Azores: Corvo Island, an island Corvo, an parish and a municipality In Portugal: rio Corvo This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ...

The Flores Island is said to be one of the most beautiful of the Azores Islands, of which it is part of the western group. In summer time, the island is covered by thousands of hydrangeas, which have large blue or pink flowers. Flores is the Portuguese for flowers, and this is the source of the island's name. Flag of Azores Shaded relief map of the Azores from 1975 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 Island has deep valleys and high peaks. Morro Alto is the highest peak of the island, reaching an altitude of 914 meters; Sete Pés, Burrinha and Marcel are other peaks on the island. It has several dead volcanoes; Caldeira Funda das Lajes last erupted in 1200 BC, and Caldeira Comprida in 950 BC. Some of these volcanoes have calderas (or "caldeiras" in Portuguese) in which water has collected to form lakes. There are seven of these lakes on the island. The caldera Lagoa Funda is considered the most beautiful. The Águas Quentes are small hot springs of boiling sulphurous water. A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the Earths interior made molten or liquid by extremely high temperatures along with a reduction in pressure and/or the introduction of water or other volatiles) erupts through the surface of the planet. ... This article is about volcanic calderas. ...

The Gruta de Enxaréus is an enormous cavern, about 50 meters long and 25 meters wide.

In the Forest park of Fazenda de Santa Cruz, because of its microclimate, the conditions allow the development of a great amount and variety of exotic species of the five continents.

In the municipality of Lajes das Flores, one can find, by the sea, Fajãzinha, a typical Azorean village with ruins of water mills. There one can also find the waterfalls of Ribeira Grande that drop from a height of three hundred meters, and consists of at least 20 waterfalls, some of which drop into the Atlantic Ocean. There is also in Cape Verde, see Fajãzinha, Cpae Verde Fajãzinha is a parish in the district of Lajes das Flores in the Azores. ...

History

The island of Flores was discovered in 1450 by Diogo de Teive and his son João de Teive. The earlier names of the island were São Tomás (Portuguese for Saint Thomas) and Santa Maria. The island was first settled by the Flemish nobleman William van der Haegen (Guilherme da Silveira), after having a meeting with Dona Maria Vilhena, who administered the island in the name of her young son, Rui de Teles. Vilhena and Van der Haegen came to an agreement and Haegen moved to the island between 1480 and 1490. Van der Haegen arrived in the Azores in 1469, and lived for a time on the island of Faial. Later he left for Terceira, living there a few years prior to his departure to Flores. He later left Flores because it was too isolated and lay on no naval routes to the rest of Europe; the island was also too infertile and windy, the export of valuable colorful pastel could have secured. At the time, the name of the island was Corvo. The island became permanently populated in the reign of king Manuel I of Portugal, in the year of 1510, by people of various regions of continental Portugal, mainly from the northern provinces. The island became arable, and grain and vegetables were cultivated. Over the next centuries, the inhabitants lived in isolated parts of the island, and trading vessels from the islands of Faial and Terceira came infrequently to trade whale oil, butter and honey for other products. Despite the isolation, the island of Flores was sometimes raided by pirates. Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... St. ... A bravura pastel portrait of Louis XV by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1748 Pastel or pastels is an artistic expression which involves the application of soft colors by painting with soft crayons wrapped in paper. ... Manuel I of Portugal (Archaic Portuguese: Manoel I, English: Emanuel I), the Fortunate (Port. ... Events Conquest of Pskov by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. ... There are a parish and an island that have the name Faial in Portugal: In the Azores Faial Island, an island in the Azores In Portugal Faial, a parish in the district of Santana This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Terceira Island is a Portuguese island in the Azores Archipelago, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. ... Whale oil is the oil obtained from the blubber of various species of whales of the genus Balaena, as , Greenland or right whale (northern whale-oil), (southern whale-oil), Balaenoptera longimana, Balaenoptera borealis (Finback oil, Finner whale-oil, Humpback oil). ... Balls of butter on a plate Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh cream. ... Honey honey comb A capped frame of honeycomb Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by bees and other insects from the nectar of flowers. ...

In the mid-19th century, American whalers hunted toothed whale in the waters of the Azores. Many of the inhabitants were whale hunters. One of the most beautiful American whaling ships was named the Wanderer and operated between 1878 and 1924. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Families See text The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) form a suborder of the cetaceans. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1963, the French established a communications station on Flores. In the following years, a hospital, a power station and an airport were established which brought a financial upswing to the entire island. After the French left the island in 1994, tourism became the island's most popular industry. 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

People

• José António Camões (1777-1827)

External links

• Azores.com
• Flores page at Azores.dk - photos
• Flores page at Mirapico.dk
• Azoren-Online.com (in German)
• Azores Tourist Guide
• Birding Azores - Flores - birdwatching on Flores
• Map of Flores in PDF format