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    We landed in Horta, the main town on the island, with one goal: visit the volcano museum at Capelinhos, the site of the most recent volcanic eruption on the Azores. In 1957, a submarine eruption occurred off the coast of Faial, and after 13 months of continuous activity, a new peninsula at Capelinhos was born.
    The Azores is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean composed of nine volcanic islands. The islands are dispersed along a general WNW–ESE trend crossing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the area where the Eurasian, African and North American lithospheric plates meet.
    Although there are no active volcanoes in the continental territory of Portugal, apart from geological remnants of ancient volcanism, the Portuguese Atlantic island possessions have a long history of active volcanism. The following is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in the Portuguese territories of the Azores and Madeira .
    All of the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity in the time since the islands were settled several centuries ago. Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal, at 2,351 m (7,713 ft).
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  3. Travels in Geology: Mid-ocean volcanic excursion: The …

    WEBFriday, January 11, 2019. One of the most beautiful places in the Azores, the caldera of Sete Cidades is ringed by hiking trails and trachytic pumice. Credit: Kat Cantner and Colin McFadden. In the middle of the Atlantic, …

  4. Chapter 1 Volcanic geology of São Miguel Island (Azores …

  5. Azores Volcanic Archipel (Portugal) Information - VolcanoDiscovery

  6. Volcanic geology and eruption frequency, São Miguel, Azores

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