Faial

Faial is an island in the archipelago, an autonomous region of . Horta, the legislative capital of the Azores, is the sole municipality on the island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Portuguese island of the Central Group of the Azores
  • Also known as: “Faial Island”, “Fayal”, and “Fayal Island”
Photo: Marlene Angeja, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cabeço Gordo.

Peak
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is the highest point in the island of Faial, measuring 1,043 metres above sea level. Located on the southern rim of the Caldeira Volcano, on a clear day, most of the islands of the central group of the Azores are visible: , , and , although normally the caldera may be covered in clouds and fog.

Faial

Latitude
38.5774° or 38° 34′ 39″ north
Longitude
-28.6999° or 28° 41′ 60″ west
Population
14,900
Elevation
809 metres (2,654 feet)
Open location code
89CHH8G2+W2
Geo­Names ID
3373109
Wiki­data ID
Q657187
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Satellite Map

Discover Faial from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Faial” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Faial uhartea”
  • Basque: “Faial”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Фаял”
  • Belarusian: “Фаял”
  • Catalan: “Faial”
  • Catalan: “illa de Faial”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Faial”
  • Cebuano: “Ilha do Faial”
  • Chinese: “法亚尔岛”
  • Chinese: “法亞爾島”
  • Czech: “Faial”
  • Dutch: “Faial”
  • Esperanto: “Faial”
  • Estonian: “Faial”
  • Finnish: “Faial”
  • French: “Faial”
  • Galician: “Illa do Faial”
  • German: “Faial”
  • German: “Ilha do Faial”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Φαϊάλ”
  • Greek: “Φαϊάλ”
  • Hebrew: “פאיאל”
  • Hungarian: “Faial”
  • Icelandic: “Faial”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Faial”
  • Italian: “Faial”
  • Japanese: “ファイアル島”
  • Korean: “파이알섬”
  • Latvian: “Fajala”
  • Lithuanian: “Fajalas”
  • Macedonian: “Фајал (остров)”
  • Macedonian: “Фајал”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Faial”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Faial”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fayal”
  • Norwegian: “Faial”
  • Novial: “Isle Faial”
  • Persian: “جزیره فیالی”
  • Polish: “Faial”
  • Portuguese: “Faial”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha do Faial”
  • Romanian: “Insula Faial”
  • Russian: “Файял”
  • Russian: “Фаял”
  • Slovenian: “Faial (otok)”
  • Slovenian: “Faial”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Faial”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Fayal”
  • Spanish: “Isla Faial”
  • Swahili: “Faial”
  • Swedish: “Faial”
  • Thai: “เกาะฟายาล”
  • Thai: “เกาะไฟยัล”
  • Turkish: “Faial Adası”
  • Turkish: “Faial”
  • Ukrainian: “Фаял”

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