Azores Islands
Posted On: January 25, 2009Posted In: Azores, Portuguese Islands
Lying in the middle of the North Atlantic, the Azores are a group of nine islands and eight tiny islets, and as an autonomous region of Portugal, they represent the westernmost point of the European Union. They are situated at a distance of 950 miles from mainland Portugal and around 2,400 miles from the coast of North America. The Azores ...
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Madeira Islands
Posted On: January 15, 2009Posted In: Madeira, Portuguese Islands
The Madeira archipelago is a group of islands that form an autonomous region of Portugal. It consists of two major inhabited islands, the Madeira Island and Porto Santo, and numerous little islets. With a population of around 250,000, the islands lie in the north Atlantic, some 350 miles off the coast of Morocco. Technically situated on the African plate, Madeira ...
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