Faial Island
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Faial Island, also known as Fayal Island, is a Portuguese island contained within the Central Group or Grupo Central of the Azores, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Faial, as seen from the island of Pico
During the War of 1812, British ships Plantagenet, Rota, and Carnation attacked the American privateer General Armstrong on 26 September 1814 in the Fayal harbour.
The bark Azor, the most popular of all the Fayal ships.
Radar image of Faial Island
Nature Park of Faial
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The Nature Park of Faial, or simply Faial Nature Park, developed from the intention of better managing the protected areas of the island of Faial, and was instituted by the Secretaria Regional do Ambi
The caldera floor of Faial's stratovolcano, integrated into the dispersed Parque Natural do Faial
The Caldera, the central crater of the island of Faial
The Morro of Castelo Branco, a nesting area for migratory seabirds
A view of the Capelinhos and the northwest coast of, protected for management of species and natural resources