Fajãs, is Portuguese for the supratidal talus-platform geology constructed from landslides or lava flows, that are relatively common coastal features, occurring on the toe of cliffs. Although they exist throughout the world, they are distinct features of the islands of the Azores. These debris fields exist in all the archipelago of the Azores, but are concentrated on the island […]
The Capelinhos, also referred to in literature as volcanological Mystery Capelinhos, located in Ponta dos Capelinhos, village of Capelo, Faial Island in the Azores. It constitutes one of the biggest attractions of the Atlantic, including the Azores, the uniqueness of its landscape beauty, very recent and almost virgin genesis. Geologically is part of the volcanic […]
Museu Scrimshaw Peter’s Scrimshaw Museum started in 1986 and is now a place that those who travel to Faial must visit. In the Azores, scrimshaw was not born on board, but on land through the hands of regional craftsmen. The best scrimshaw artists who worked on the islands are represented in the collections of the […]
Faial is located in the extreme west of the Azores Central Group, separated from Pico Island by a narrow arm of the sea with 8.3 km (4.5 nautical miles) wide, known for channel Faial. The island has the approximate shape of an irregular pentagon, with 21 km long east-west direction and a maximum width of […]
