The Fajã do Pedregalo, 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.
| Fajã do Pedregalo | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rosais, São Jorge, Central, Azores, Portugal |
| Visitors | Accessible by foot, yet restricted during periods of inclement weather |
| Operator | Secretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar |
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[1] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
Located near Fajã de Fernando Afonso 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.
References
edit- ^ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived from the original on 3 July 2014, retrieved 1 July 2011
See also
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