The Azores is an archipelago of nine islands in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,000 miles from Lisbon and about 2,400 miles from the east coast of North America and New York.
The nine Azorean Islands extend for nearly 400 miles, and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. All of the islands have volcanic origins, although Santa Maria also has some reef contribution. The volcanic mountain of Pico on Pico Island, at 2,351 m, is the highest in all of Portugal.
Landscape - Terceira Island, photo by Associação de Turismo dos Açores
