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Sailing to Faial: SailingEurope Group
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island Faial
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Youtube Faial Video - Movie
For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:Faial
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Physical characteristics - Location| Coordinates: | long: -28.70024 lat : 38.57812 | | Coordinates (gr,min,sec): | long: -28°42'0.8676 lat : 38°34'41.2356 | | Surface area: | 173.1 km2 (0.456 x Isle of Wight) | | Length coastline: | 75 km | | Average height: | 329 metre | | Length island: | 21.2 km | | Maximum width island (estimate): | 16.3 km | | Name : | Cabeço Gordo (1043 metre) | | Orientation island: | West-northwest - East-southeast |
Demographic data island| Habited: | Yes | | Number of inhabitants: | 15038 | | Population density: | 86.9 inh/km2 | | Important places (direction): | Salao (N), Ribeininha ( O), Praia do Norte (NW) |
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Naming - Location| Local native name: | Faial | | Archipelago (island group): | Azores | Neighboring islands
(Island hopping): | 1) Pico 40.1 km SouthEast
2) São Jorge 59 km EastSouthEast
3) Graciosa 78.1 km EastNorthEast
4) Terceira 130.3 km EastSouthEast
5) Flores 240.4 km NorthWest
| | Country: | Portugal | | Location in Country: | West-northwest | | Name Região Autónoma: | Autonomous Region Azores | | Name Concelho: | municipality Horta | | Main place: | Horta | | Location Main place: | Southeast | | Sea: | Atlantic Ocean | | Distance to main land: | 1653 km | | Nearest Country: | Portugal | | Type Rock outcrop: | vulcanic | | island-Type: | island in sea |
Relief: Height Classes in percentages
Relief: Slope Classes in percentages
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Weather at Faial
| The weather type in Horta | broken clouds |  | | Current temperature: | 17 degrees Celcius
| | Precipitation last 3 hours: | No precipitation | | Wind: | 3.1 meter per second (Wind force - bft 2)
| | Winddirection: | South-southwest | | Atmospheric pressure: | 1030 mb
| | Humidity: | 82 %
| | Daylength at 17 January 2019: | 9 hour and 50 minutes | | Sunrise: | 10:10 Europe/Amsterdam | | Sunset: | 20:00 Europe/Amsterdam |
Weather-page: Faial
Climate: Temperature and Precipitation
Transport on your island-holiday| Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane: | No | | International airport present : | No | | Accessible by car: | No | | Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate): | 3856 km | | Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: | No | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: | No | | Bicycle facilities: | No |
island-Sights, island-Tourism - island-attractions
island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping  Hotel |
Hotel at Faial booking.com
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 Hotel | Not known
| | Holiday Home | | | Bed & Breakfast | | | accommodation-page | Faial
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Social media - Multimedia
 Videos youtube Faial
 Photos (Flickr) of the place Faial
Bings maps Faial
Mapquest Faial
Loc.Alize.us Faial
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