São Jorge Island

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inhabited place island volcanic island

São Jorge Island is a long, narrow volcanic island in the central group of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, known for its dramatic cliffs, fajãs (coastal plains), and traditional cheese production.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Group of the Azores 2
Central Azores 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inhabited place ⓘ
island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
administrativeRegion Azores ⓘ
surface form: Autonomous Region of the Azores
airportLocatedIn Velas ⓘ
archipelago Azores ⓘ
surface form: Azores archipelago
area approximately 246 km² ⓘ
belongsTo European Union outermost regions ⓘ
cheeseHasPDOStatus Queijo de São Jorge ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
elevation approximately 1053 m ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic ⓘ
hasAirport São Jorge Airport ⓘ
hasCapital Velas ⓘ
hasCoastalFeature Fajã da Caldeira de Santo Cristo ⓘ
Fajã de São João ⓘ
surface form: Fajã das Almas

Fajã de São João ⓘ
Fajã dos Cubres ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cheese making ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature basaltic lava flows ⓘ
linear volcanic ridge ⓘ
hasLandform fajãs ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ
hasMunicipality Calheta (São Jorge Island) ⓘ
Velas ⓘ
hasPort Velas port ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Fajãs of São Jorge Protected Landscape ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction coastal cliffs ⓘ
trails to fajãs ⓘ
viewpoints over Pico Island ⓘ
hasTourismType hiking tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
highestPoint Pico da Esperança ⓘ
knownFor traditional cheese production ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
length approximately 54 km ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Azores ⓘ
maximumWidth approximately 6 km ⓘ
neighboringIsland Faial Island ⓘ
Graciosa Island ⓘ
Pico Island ⓘ
Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Central Group of the Azores ⓘ
produces Queijo de São Jorge ⓘ
timeZone Azores Time ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faial Island → connectedTo → São Jorge Island ⓘ
Azores → contains → São Jorge Island ⓘ
Pico Island → hasFerryConnectionTo → São Jorge Island ⓘ
Mount Pico → hasIslandGroup → São Jorge Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Group of the Azores
Graciosa Island → nearbyIsland → São Jorge Island ⓘ
Pico Island → neighboringIsland → São Jorge Island ⓘ
Horta Airport → serves → São Jorge Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Group of the Azores
Horta Airport → servesRegion → São Jorge Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Azores