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Azores

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Azores , Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (1991 pop. 241,592), 905 sq mi (2,344 sq km), in the Atlantic Ocean, c.900 mi (1,448 km) W of mainland Portugal. Administratively an autonomous region of Portugal, they are divided into three districts named after their capitals: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel), Angra do Heroísmo (on Terceira), and Horta (on Faial). The nine main islands are São Miguel (the largest) and Santa Maria in the southeast; Terceira, Pico, Faial, São Jorge, and Graciosa in the center; and Flores and Corvo in the northwest. Ponta Delgada... Read more
Azores high
Azores high A semi-permanent anticyclonic region with subsiding air over the Atlantic Ocean at around 30°N latitude. Movement of... Read more
Azores
...lie some 1,000 mi (1,600 km) west of mainland Europe. The uninhabited Azores were reputedly discovered 1427 by Portuguese pilot Diogo de Sevilha...during World War II; in 1951 the U.S. established a NATO base on Lajes. Azores Azores Azores Read more

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Free Article First record of the harbour porpoise, phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) in the Azores (NE Atlantic).
Free Article End of an era in the Azores.
Free Article The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso of Portugal, President Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom in the Azores, Portugal.

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