This laurisilva forests are found in the islands of Macaronesia in the eastern Atlantic, in particular the Azores, Madeira Islands, and western Canary Islands, from 400 m to 1200 m elevation.

* May 4 – In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI decrees that all lands discovered west of the Azores are Spanish.

They are associated with the earliest discoveries, such as the Madeira Islands, the Azores, the Canaries, and to the early exploration of the north west African coast as far south as Arguim in the current Mauritania.

Portuguese territory also includes a series of archipelagoes in the Atlantic Ocean ( the Azores and Madeira ), which are strategic islands along western sea approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Portuguese coast is extensive ; in addition to approximately ) along the coast of continental Portugal, the archipelagos of the Azores ( 667 km ) and Madeira ( 250 km ) are primarily surrounded by rough cliff coastlines.

The Azores, which are located between the junction of the African, European and North American Plates, straddle the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

In addition, there are several submarine volcanos in the Azores ( such as Dom João de Castro Bank ), that have erupted historically ( such as the Serrata eruption off the coast of Terceira Island ).

Seismic events are common in the Azores.

The Azores are occasionally subject to very strong earthquakes, as is the continental coast.

The Azores are occasionally stricken by tropical cyclones such as Hurricane Jeanne ( 1998 ) and Hurricane Gordon ( 2006 ).

Currently, the most important airports are in Lisbon, Faro, Porto, Funchal ( Madeira ), and Ponta Delgada ( Azores ).

Bases are maintained throughout Portugal, both on the mainland and the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores.

The latest census estimates that 1. 3 million individuals living in the United States are of Portuguese ancestry, with a large percentage coming from the Portuguese Autonomous region of the Azores.

Beaked whales are known to congregate in deep waters off the edge of continental shelves, and bottom features, such as seamounts, canyons, escarpments, and oceanic islands, including the Azores and the Canary Islands.

Having been introduced to the Azores Islands of Portugal, they are now very common there, particularly on Faial, which is known as the " blue island " due to the vast number of hydrangeas present on the island, Terceira, named the " lilac island " for hydrangeas of that colour, on Flores Island (" Island of Flowers ") and São Miguel, named the " green island " for its floral biodiversity.

The eggs are laid between January and July in the Canary Islands, from March to June with a peak of April and May in Madeira and from March to July with a peak of May and June in the Azores.

Indices of the NAO are based on the difference of normalized sea level pressure ( SLP ) between Ponta Delgada, Azores and Stykkisholmur / Reykjavik, Iceland.

Birds breeding in eastern Canada are thought to fly from Baffin Island and Newfoundland via Greenland, Ireland, and Portugal to the Azores ( crossing 3500 km of the North Atlantic ) before flying onwards to Africa.

Examples are Åland ( Finland ), Svalbard ( Norway ), Azores ( Portugal ), Madeira ( Portugal ), Hong Kong ( China ), and Macau ( China ).

The three Goldcrest taxa on the Azores, Santa Maria Goldcrest, Sao Miguel Goldcrest and Western Azores Goldcrest, represent recent colonisations from Europe, and are best treated as subspecies.

For example, extensions of the Azores high pressure may bring about anticyclonic gloom during the winter, as they are warmed at the base and will trap moisture as they move over the warmer oceans.

In Iceland, the Azores, Tenerife and Ascension there are recent trachytic lavas, and rocks of this kind occur also in New South Wales ( Cambewarra Range ), East Africa, Madagascar, Aden and in many other districts.

Not only are there variations between islands and within an island, but individual males on the Azores can have up to three song types.

The airfield also has a small commercial terminal handling scheduled and chartered passenger flights from the other islands in the Azores, Europe, Africa, and North America.

Henry also promoted the colonization of the Azores during Peter's regency ( 1439 – 1448 ).

It has been criticised on the grounds that it in fact excludes most of the islands in the North Atlantic, including Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton Island, and the Azores, and also that the only island referred to by the term that is actually in the North Atlantic Ocean is Ireland.

The spring 1942 Amerika Bomber program also sought to produce useful strategic bomber designs for the Luftwaffe, with their prime design priority being an advanced trans-oceanic range capability as the main aim of the project to directly attack the United States from Europe or the Azores.

Besides coastal exploration, Portuguese also made trips off in the ocean to gather meteorological and oceanographic information ( in these were discovered the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, and Sargasso Sea ).

In the 15th and 16th centuries, colonists from Europe also settled on the otherwise uninhabited islands of the Atlantic such as Madeira and the Azores, where with no slaves to sell, exporting products for export became the main industry.

Proper nouns can also occur in secondary applications, for example modifying nouns ( the Mozart experience ; his Azores adventure ), or in the role of common nouns ( he's no Pavarotti ; a few would-be Napoleons ).

Portuguese fishermen from the Azores also settled in the area, as did immigrants from Canton Province in China, who built a Taoist temple in the town.

Most can trace their ancestry back to the Azores, but the Portuguese-speaking community also welcomes many families from mainland Portugal and Brazil.

The Dartmouth High School Orchestra has also come to local prominence in recent years under the direction of Heather Church-Yarmac, traveling to and performing in the Azores, Ireland, and most recently Canada.

He also discovered the Princess Alice Bank of the Azores in 1896 on an oceanographic survey of the area.

Philip, at the time also king of Portugal, was accused of cruelty for his hanging on yardarms of supporters of the rival contender for the throne of Portugal, on the Azores islands, following the Battle of Ponta Delgada.

It has also been found in Bermuda, Hawaii, the Solomons, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, Ceylon, India, the Azores, and the Canary Islands.

" It also mentioned the potential invasion of Portugal if the British gained a foothold and requested that the occupation of Madeira and of the Azores be investigated.

He also attempted a merchant career with journeys to the Carolinas, the Azores, and to Spain, as well as a whaling voyage to Greenland.

Resident on Flores, Faial, Terceira, São Jorge and Pico, Azores ; its upperparts are a darker olive-green than those of the nominate form, and the underparts are also darker.

By controlling the position of the Azores high, the NAO also influences the direction of general storm paths for major North Atlantic tropical cyclones: a position of the Azores high farther to the south tends to force storms into the Gulf of Mexico, whereas a northern position allows them to track up the North American Atlantic Coast.

Adams and his son, Henry Adams, who acted as his private secretary, also were kept busy monitoring Confederate diplomatic intrigues and the construction of rebel commerce raiders by British shipyards ( like the hull N ° 290, launched as " Enrica " by John Laird & Sons, and which was soon transformed near the Azores Islands into sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ).

The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance would also be used by Britain ( in succession from England ) in the Second World War ( allowing the Allies to establish bases on the Azores ) and during the 1982 Falklands War.

In Europe there are colonies all along the Mediterranean coast, and also on the Atlantic islands and coasts north to Brittany and west to the Azores.

Many postulated " hot spots " are also lacking time-progressive volcanic trails, e. g., Iceland, the Galapagos, and the Azores.