Mount Pico
Mount Pico is a currently dormant stratovolcano located on Pico Island, in the mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. It is the highest mountain in Portugal, at 2,351 metres above sea level, and is one of the highest Atlantic mountains; it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,351 metres
- Description: stratovolcano in the Azores and the highest mountain of Portugal
- Also known as: “Montanha do Pico” and “Pico Alto”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Roque do Pico Municipality and Santa Luzia.
São Roque do Pico Municipality
Town
Photo: Marlene Angeja, CC BY-SA 2.0.
São Roque do Pico is a municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, occupying most of the northern side of the island of Pico. As of 2021, it has 3,221 inhabitants spread through five freguesias in an area of 142.36 km². São Roque do Pico Municipality is situated 8 km northeast of Mount Pico.
Santa Luzia
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Santa Luzia is a civil parish in the municipality of São Roque do Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 422, in an area of 30.13 km2. It is the northernmost parish on the island. Santa Luzia is situated 9 km north of Mount Pico.
Bandeiras
Village
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bandeiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 626, in an area of 22.21 km². Bandeiras is situated 9 km northwest of Mount Pico.
Mount Pico
- Categories: mountain, nature reserve, protected area, and landform
- Location: São Caetano, Madalena Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.46873° or 38° 28′ 7″ northLongitude
-28.39928° or 28° 23′ 57″ westElevation
2,351 metres (7,713 feet)Open location code
89CHFJ92+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1070491938OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Mount Pico” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ponta do Pico”
- Belarusian: “Гара Піку”
- Belarusian: “Піку”
- Catalan: “Monte Pico”
- Catalan: “Muntanya de Pico”
- Catalan: “Muntanya del Pico”
- Catalan: “Ponta do Pico”
- Catalan: “Volcà de Pico”
- Cebuano: “Ponta do Pico”
- Chinese: “皮库山”
- Chinese: “皮库峰”
- Chinese: “皮庫峰”
- Chinese: “皮庫火山”
- Chinese: “皮科峯”
- Chinese: “皮科峰”
- Czech: “Montanha do Pico”
- Czech: “nejvyšší hora Portugalska”
- Czech: “O Pico”
- Czech: “Pico Alto”
- Czech: “Ponta do Pico”
- Czech: “Serra do Pico”
- Dutch: “Ponta do Pico”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت پيكو”
- Esperanto: “Ponta do Pico”
- Finnish: “Ponta de Pico”
- French: “Le volcan Pico”
- French: “Pico”
- French: “Ponta do Pico”
- French: “Volcan Pico”
- German: “Ponta do Pico”
- Hebrew: “פיקו”
- Hungarian: “Pico-hegy”
- Hungarian: “Ponta do Pico”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Pico”
- Italian: “Monte Pico”
- Italian: “Pico”
- Italian: “Ponta do Pico”
- Japanese: “ピコ山”
- Kazakh: “Пику”
- Korean: “피쿠산”
- Ladin: “Mount Pico smakulada”
- Ladin: “Ponta do Pico”
- Latvian: “Piku”
- Lithuanian: “Pikas”
- Lithuanian: “Piko ugnikalnis”
- Lithuanian: “Piku”
- Lombard: “Pico”
- Luxembourgish: “Montanha do Pico”
- Luxembourgish: “Ponta do Pico”
- Macedonian: “Пику”
- Mongolian: “Пику”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ponta do Pico”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ponta do Pico”
- Norwegian: “Ponta do Pico”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mont del Pico”
- Persian: “کوه پیکو”
- Polish: “Pico”
- Polish: “Ponta do Pico”
- Portuguese: “Montanha do Pico”
- Portuguese: “Monte pico”
- Portuguese: “O Pico”
- Portuguese: “Pico”
- Portuguese: “Ponta do Pico”
- Portuguese: “Serra do Pico”
- Portuguese: “Zona Especial de Conservação da Montanha do Pico, Prainha e Caveiro”
- Romanian: “Muntele Pico”
- Russian: “Гора Пику”
- Russian: “Пику”
- Russian: “Понта-ду-Пику”
- Rusyn: “Пико (вулкан)”
- Rusyn: “Пико”
- Scots: “Mount Pico”
- Slovak: “Pico”
- Slovak: “Ponta do Pico”
- Slovenian: “Montanha do Pico”
- Spanish: “Montana del Pico”
- Spanish: “Montaña del Pico”
- Spanish: “Pico”
- Spanish: “Ponta do Pico”
- Spanish: “Volcan de Pico”
- Spanish: “Volcán de Pico”
- Swahili: “Mlima Pico”
- Swedish: “Ponta do Pico”
- Turkish: “Pico Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Піку”
- Venetian: “Monte Pico”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rua de Cima and São Caetano.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Areeiro de Santa Luzia and Bico do Milhafre.
Azores: Must-Visit Destinations
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