Magdalena Rocks
The Madalena Islets are two uninhabited islets located in the Faial-Pico Channel about 0.5 nautical miles away from Madalena harbor, off the coast of the island of Pico in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: islands of Azores
- Also known as: “Ilheus da Madalena”, “Ilhéus da Madalena”, “Ilhotes Magalena”, “Ilhotes Magdalena”, and “Madalena Islets”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Holy Mary Magdalene and Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores.
Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores is situated 3 km southeast of Magdalena Rocks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena and Bandeiras.
Madalena
Town
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km2.
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 8 km east of Magdalena Rocks.
Magdalena Rocks
- Categories: archipelago and landform
- Location: Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Magdalena Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ilhéus da Madalena”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéus da madalena”
- Portuguese: “Ilhéus da Madalena”
- Portuguese: “Zona Especial de Conservação dos Ilhéus da Madalena (Pico)”
- Russian: “Дейтадо (остров)”
- Russian: “Дейтадо”
- Russian: “Мадалина (Азорские острова)”
- Russian: “Мадалина”
- Russian: “Пе (остров)”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Areia Larga and Madalena.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ilhéu Em-Pé and Ilhéu Deitado.
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