Pico

Pico is an island in the archipelago, an autonomous region of , in the Atlantic Ocean. This volcanic island is the second largest of the Azores, and provides opportunities for hiking and whale-watching.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Portuguese island in Azores archipelago
  • Also known as: Ilha do Pico” and “Pico Island

Pico

Latitude
38.4764° or 38° 28′ 35″ north
Longitude
-28.3509° or 28° 21′ 3″ west
Population
14,800
Elevation
872 metres (2,861 feet)
IATA airport code
PIX
Open location code
89CHFJGX+HJ
Geo­Names ID
3372803
Wiki­data ID
Q210811
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Pico” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Pico uhartea
  • Basque: Pico
  • Belarusian: Востраў Піку
  • Belarusian: Піку
  • Breton: Enez Pico
  • Breton: Ilha do Pico
  • Catalan: illa de Pico
  • Catalan: Illa de Pico
  • Catalan: Illa del Pico
  • Catalan: Illa Pico
  • Cebuano: Ilha do Pico (pulo sa Portugal)
  • Cebuano: Ilha do Pico
  • Chinese: 皮库岛
  • Chinese: 皮庫島
  • Croatian: Pico
  • Czech: Pico
  • Danish: Pico Ø
  • Dutch: Pico
  • Egyptian Arabic: پيكو ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: پيكو
  • Esperanto: Pico
  • Estonian: Pico
  • Finnish: Pico Alto
  • Finnish: Pico
  • Finnish: Ponta do Pico
  • French: Île de Pico
  • French: Pico Island
  • French: Pico
  • Galician: Illa do Pico
  • Georgian: პიკუ
  • German: Ilha do Pico
  • German: Insel Pico
  • German: Pico
  • Greek: Πίκο
  • Hebrew: פיקו
  • Hindi: पिको द्वीप
  • Hungarian: Pico-sziget
  • Indonesian: Pulau Pico
  • Italian: Pico
  • Japanese: ピコ島
  • Korean: 피쿠섬
  • Latvian: Piku
  • Lithuanian: Pikas
  • Macedonian: Пику (остров)
  • Macedonian: Пику
  • Malay: Pulau Pico
  • Maltese: Gżira ta‘ Pico
  • Maltese: Gżira ta’ Pico
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pico
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pico i Asorane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pico i Azorane
  • Norwegian: Pico
  • Persian: جزیره پیکو
  • Polish: Pico
  • Portuguese: Ilha do Pico
  • Portuguese: Pico
  • Romanian: Pico
  • Russian: Пику
  • Rusyn: Пико (остров)
  • Rusyn: Пико
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pico
  • Slovak: Pico
  • Slovenian: Pico (otok)
  • Slovenian: Pico
  • Spanish: Isla de Pico
  • Spanish: Isla del Pico
  • Spanish: Isla Pico
  • Swahili: Pico
  • Swedish: Pico
  • Turkish: Pico Adası
  • Ukrainian: Піку
  • Ilha do Pico

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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 “Pico”. Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.