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2 unusual facts about São Jorge Island


Pico da Esperança

Pico da Esperança is the highest mountain of São Jorge Island, Azores.

São Jorge Island

After a period of small subsistence agriculture, the local economy began to concentrate on a few chief exports: initially, lichen (Roccella tinctoria) and woad (Isatis tinctoria), later the introduction of wheat and corn crops.


Fajã Amaro da Cunha

Fajã Amaro da Cunha is a bluff on the northern coast of São Jorge Island, an island in the central Azorean archipelago, near the parish Rosais.

Lighthouse of Ponta dos Rosais

The, on 1 January 1980, a series of seismic events, in the order of 7 on the Richter magnitude scale caused destruction to homes on Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and São Jorge islands.

Ponta dos Rosais

Ponta dos Rosais is a point located about north of Rosais in the island of São Jorge in the Azores.


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