The Fajã do Pedregalo, is a permanent

debris field Debris (, ) is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc. Depending on context, ''debris'' can refer to ...

, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of

Rosais Rosais (literally, archaic Portuguese for "rosaries") is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 743, in an area of 24.23 km². History Although Rosais was first me ...

, in the municipality of

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, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Located near

Fajã de Fernando Afonso The Fajã de Fernando Afonso is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the civil parish of Rosais, in the municipality of Velas, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. H ...

it is accessible from a small trail, where transport is difficult. Although it has never been inhabited, the fajã is used to raise livestock and cultivate some crops, including specifically potato. This region is also popular with artesnal/local fishermen.

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