Flores Island (Azores)
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Flores Island is an island of the Western Group of the Azores.
View of the island's southern side, with the Funda Lake downhill
Former fort that defended the port of Lajes
Boqueirão Whale Factory, continuously active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
View of the island's rough, green west coast
Monchique Islet
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Monchique Islet is a small uninhabited islet off the coast of the island of Flores, west of the village of Fajã Grande, in the western part of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is the weste
Flores Island (Azores)
…km2, a population of 3,428 inhabitants, and, together with Corvo Island of the western archipelago, lies within the North American Plate. The nearby Monchique Islet is the westernmost point of Portugal. It has been referred to as the pink island due to the abundance of pink hydrangeas on the island and association…
The waters around Monchique, showing the vertical prominence of the islet