Formigas

Formigas Islets, sometimes referred to as the Formigas Bank, are a group of uninhabited rocky outcroppings in the eastern group of the archipelago, an autonomous region of .
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  • Island
  • Description: islands of the Azores
  • Also known as
    “Formigas Island”
    “Formigas Islets”
    “Ilheus das Formigas”
    “Rocas Formigas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Formigas Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
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Formigas

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Latitude
37.26667° or 37° 16′ north
Longitude
-24.78333° or 24° 47′ west
Open location code
899Q7688+MM
Geo­Names ID
3373038
Wiki­data ID
Q1437740

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Formigas” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Formigas”
  • Basque: “Inurrien uhartexkak”
  • Breton: “Formigas”
  • Catalan: “Illots das Formigas”
  • Cebuano: “Ilhéus das Formigas”
  • Chinese: “福尔米加斯”
  • Chinese: “福爾米加斯”
  • Chinese: “福米加斯角”
  • Czech: “Formigas”
  • Dutch: “Formigas”
  • French: “Formigas”
  • Galician: “Formigas”
  • German: “Formigas”
  • Italian: “Formigas”
  • Japanese: “フォルミガス島”
  • Latvian: “Furmigašas”
  • Lithuanian: “Formigašo salos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Formigas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Formigasøyane”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhéus das formigas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhéus das Formigas”
  • Portuguese: “Zona Especial de Conservação do Ilhéu das Formigas e Recife Dollabarat (oceânico)”
  • Russian: “Формигаш (Азорские острова)”
  • Russian: “Формигаш”
  • Slovak: “Formigas”
  • Spanish: “Islotes de las hormigas”
  • Spanish: “Islotes de las Hormigas”
  • Swedish: “Formigas”
  • Turkish: “Formigas”
  • Ukrainian: “Формігаш”

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