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List Of Islands Of Portugal
This is a list of Islands of Portugal, including islets (Portuguese: ilhéu or ilhote). The islands (Portuguese: Ilha) are listed by region.Coordinates come from articles or GeoNames, unless otherwise specified. Continental Portugal Algarve Region Islands in the Algarve Region include: * Ilhéu do Alcorão, * Ilhéu das Alturas, * Armona, * Barreta, * Barro * Ilha de Cabanas, * Cacela, * Cacela da Abóbora * Ilhote dos Cavalos, * Ilhote da Cobra, * Coco, * Ilhote da Cruz, * Culatra, * Geada * Ilhéu dos Gemidos, * Martinhal (Ilhotes do Martinhal), * Ilhote do Pego, * Ilhote das Ratas, * Tavira, Alentejo Region The islands in the Alentejo Region include: * Ariana * Azenha Brava * Bacelos * Bacelos Pequena * Cascalheira * Freixial * Juromenha * Lebre * Lezíria Internacional * Perceveira * Pessegueiro, * Moinho * Monte Branco * Palmeira * Palmeira Pequena * Safra * São Brás Central Region Islands in the Central Region include: * A No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal Regions Travel Map EN
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a Sovereign state, country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southern Europe, Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a Portugal–Spain border, land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions with their own Local government, regional governments. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariana Island
Ariana was a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of the ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprising the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered the whole of modern-day Afghanistan, as well as the easternmost part of Iran and up to the Indus River in Pakistan.The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2008 ''Ariana'' is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek (inhabitants: '; ), originating from the Old Persian word (Ariana) meaning 'the Land of the Aryans', similar to the use of ''Āryāvarta''. At various times, various parts of the region were governed by the Persians (the Achaemenids from 550 to 330 BC, the Sasanians from 275 to 650 AD and the Kushano-Sasanians from 345 to 450 AD), the Macedonians, the Seleucids from 330 to 305 BC, the Maurya Empire from 305 BC to 184 BC, then the Greco-Bactrians from and the Indo-Greeks from 155 to 90 BC), the Indo-Scythians from 90 BC to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmeira Island
Palmeira may refer to: Places Cape Verde * Palmeira, Cape Verde, a village on the island of Sal Brazil * Palmeira, Paraná, a municipality in the State of Paraná * Palmeira das Missões, a municipality in the State of Rio Grande do Sul * Palmeira, Santa Catarina, a municipality in the State of Santa Catarina * Palmeira d'Oeste, a municipality in the State of São Paulo Mozambique * Palmeira, Mozambique, a locality in the Manhiça District Portugal * Palmeira (Braga), a civil parish in the municipality of Braga * Palmeira (Santo Tirso) Palmeira is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso Santo Tirso () is a city and municipality located in the north of Porto Metropolitan Area, 25 km from central Porto, Portugal. In the region, the Ave Valley, there is a l ..., a civil parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso Spain * Palmeira, Galicia, a parish in the municipality of Ribeira, Galicia Other meanings * Palmeira Futebol Clube da Una, a Brazilian foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Branco Island
Monte may refer to: Places Argentina * Argentine Monte, an ecoregion * Monte Desert * Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province Italy * Monte Bregagno * Monte Cassino * Montecorvino (other) * Montefalcione Portugal * Monte (Funchal), a civil parish in the municipality of Funchal * Monte, a civil parish in the municipality of Fafe * Monte, a civil parish in the municipality of Murtosa * Monte, a civil parish in the municipality of Terras de Bouro Elsewhere * Monte, Haute-Corse, a commune in Corsica, France * Monte, Switzerland, a village in the municipality Castel San Pietro, Ticino, Switzerland * Monte, U.S. Virgin Islands, a neighborhood * Monte Lake, British Columbia, Canada Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Monte'' (film), a 2016 drama film by Amir Naderi * Three-card Monte * Monte Bank or Monte, a card game Other uses * Monte (dessert) a milk cream dessert produced by the German dairy company Zott * Monte (mascot), the mascot of the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pessegueiro Island
Pessegueiro Island ( pt, Ilha do Pessegueiro, links=no), literally ''island of the Peachtree'', is a small island/islet located along the southwest coast of the civil parish of Porto Covo in the municipality of Sines. The island and the adjacent coast are part of Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park, but Pessegueiro island is also notable for the 15th-16th century fort located at its centre and Roman ruins along the coast. History Historically, the island was first occupied by the Carthaginians before the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE). At the time of the Roman conquest of Hispania, the island hosted a small fish processing centre, as determined by archaeological excavations which discovered the remains of salt tanks along the southern coast. To help defend against privateers, the natural anchorage was extended at the time of the Iberian Union with an artificial rock barrier connecting the island of Pessegueiro to the coastline. In 1590, construction began on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juromenha Island
Juromenha is a town in southeastern Portugal, near the border with Spain. It is part of Alandroal Municipality. See also *Castelo de Juromenha Castelo de Juromenha is a castle in Portugal located in Juromenha. It is classified by IGESPAR as a Site of Public Interest. Juromenha Juromenha is a town in southeastern Portugal, near the border with Spain. It is part of Alandroal Munici ... Alandroal {{Évora-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
