Flores
Flores is an island in the Azores archipelago, an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is well known for its abundance of flowers, hence its Portuguese name of Flores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Angrense, Public domain.
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Azores
- Also known as: “Flores (Azores)”, “Flores Island”, and “Flores, Azores”
Photo: Angrense, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lagoa Comprida and Lagoa Branca.
Morro Alto
Peak
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Morro Alto is the highest mountain of Flores, Azores, Portugal. It is part of a trachytic process represented by the Pico da Sé, forming an imposing volcanic apparatus embedded between two deep erosion valleys, product of the Badanela and Fazenda rivers.
Flores
- Category: landform
- Location: Santa Cruz das Flores, Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Flores from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Flores” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر فلوريس”
- Basque: “Flores”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Флорэш”
- Belarusian: “Флорэш”
- Catalan: “Flores”
- Cebuano: “Ilha das Flores”
- Chinese: “弗洛勒斯島”
- Chinese: “弗洛雷斯岛”
- Chinese: “弗洛雷斯島”
- Czech: “Flores”
- Danish: “Flores”
- Dutch: “Flores (Azoren)”
- Dutch: “Flores”
- Estonian: “Flores”
- French: “Flores”
- Galician: “Illa das Flores”
- Georgian: “ქარტული”
- German: “Flores”
- German: “Sao Tomas”
- German: “São Tomás”
- Greek: “Φλόρες”
- Hebrew: “פלורש”
- Icelandic: “Flores”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Flores”
- Italian: “Flores”
- Japanese: “フローレス島”
- Korean: “플로르스섬”
- Latvian: “Floreša”
- Lithuanian: “Floresas”
- Lithuanian: “Florešas”
- Macedonian: “Флориш (остров)”
- Macedonian: “Флориш”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Flores”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flores i Asorane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flores i Azorane”
- Norwegian: “Flores”
- Persian: “جزیره فلورس (آزور)”
- Persian: “جزیره فلورس”
- Polish: “Flores”
- Portuguese: “Flores”
- Portuguese: “Ilha das Flores”
- Russian: “Флореш”
- Russian: “Флориш”
- Slovak: “Flores”
- Spanish: “Isla de Flores”
- Swahili: “Flores”
- Swedish: “Flores”
- Turkish: “Flores Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Флореш”
- Vietnamese: “Flores”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Flores”. Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 3.0.