Gruta Das Mercês
The Gruta das Mercês (identified as Gruta das Mercês I by geologists) is a cave located along the ''Canada das Mercês'', situated in the civil parish of Feteira, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The cavern was created by volcanic forces that generated a lava tube A lava tube, more rarely called a pyroduct, is a 'roofed conduit through which molten lava travels away from its vent'. If lava in the tube drains out, it will leave an empty cave. Lava tubes are common in low-viscosity volcanic systems. La ..., along a series of lava flows near the coast. It is approximately long, tall and wide. References Angra do Heroísmo Gruta Merces Lava tubes {{Azores-geo-stub ...
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Freguesia (Portugal)
(), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, it was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The civil parishes and communities in England and Wales and in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a in Portugal. The average land area of a Portuguese parish is about and an average population of about 3,386 people. The largest parish by area is Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo e Santiago) e Santa Susana, with a land area of , and the smallest parish by area is São Bartolomeu (Borba), with a land area of . The most populous parish is Algueirão - Mem Martins, with a population of 68,649 people and the least populous is Mosteiro, with a popula ...
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