Morro Alto
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.Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flores and Lagoa Branca.
Flores
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Morro Alto
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 914 metres
- Description: mountain in Portugal
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Santa Cruz das Flores, Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality, Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude
39.4636° or 39° 27′ 49″ northLongitude
-31.2206° or 31° 13′ 14″ westElevation
914 metres (2,999 feet)Open location code
89FCFQ7H+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 6549237381OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q8525835
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Morro Alto” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Morro Alto”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مورو التو”
- German: “Morro Alto”
- Ladin: “Morro Alto”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morro Alto”
- Portuguese: “Morro Alto”
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