Horta, Azores
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Horta is a municipality and city in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores encompassing the island of Faial. The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of 173.06 square kilometres (66.82 sq mi) The city of Horta itself has a population of about 7,000.
The City of Horta and Horta Bay, as seen from the Nossa Senhora da Conceição outlook, showing the marina, the old dock, and volcanic cones, Monte Escuro and Monte da Guia.
The Bay of Horta showing the main settlement as it appeared in 1589
A vista of the village of Horta, Faial from the New Bedford Whaling Museum, c.1842 (Purrington & Russel)
A view of Horta harbour from the German battleship Schlesien before the outbreak of World War II
Faial Island
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Faial Island, also known in English as Fayal, is a Portuguese island of the Central Group 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