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Praia Formosa
Vila do Porto · Portugal
The short version, from the cited sources
A sheltered bay of dark volcanic sand on Santa Maria, the oldest island in the Azores. Clear mid-Atlantic water and low cream cliffs on one side, a contrast with the black basalt that dominates the rest of the archipelago.
- Country
- Portugal (PT)
- Region
- Europe
- Sand
- Dark volcanic
- Water
- Clear and sheltered mid-atlantic
- Administrative area
- Azores
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Azores
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2018-05-18
Names in the record
Praia Formosa
No alternate names were supplied by the source.
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- Seasonality and crowd pattern
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Source position
36.95066, -25.09696
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Direct provenance
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Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.
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