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| name = Fajã Amaro da Cunha |
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| category = Debris field |
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| native_category = [[Fajã]] |
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| etymology = Amaro da Cunha |
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| etymology_type = Named for |
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| country = [[Portugal]] |
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| state = [[Azores]] |
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| state_type = Autonomous region |
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| region_type = Group |
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| region = [[Azores#Physical geography|Central]] |
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| district_type = Island |
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| district = [[São Jorge Island|São Jorge]] |
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| municipality = [[Velas (Azores)|Velas]] |
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| city = [[Rosais]] |
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| city_type = Civil parish |
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| length_orientation = West-East |
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| width_orientation = North-South |
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| geology = Alkali basalt |
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| geology1 = Tephra |
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| geology2 = Trachyte |
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| geology3 = Trachybasalt |
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| orogeny = Volcanism |
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| period = Holocene |
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| biome = Temperate |
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| biome1 = [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] |
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| management = Secretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar |
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| management_location = Rua Cônsul Dabney - Colónia Alemã, 140 |
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| management_region = [[Horta (Azores)|Horta]] |
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| management_country = [[Faial Island|Faial]] |
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| management_elevation = 28 |
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| management_lat_d = 38 |
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| owner = Regional Government of the Azores |
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| public = Public |
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| visitation = Accessible by foot, yet restricted during periods of inclement weather |
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| free_type = Hours |
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| map_locator_y = 26 |
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| footnotes = Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.igeo.pt/produtos/cadastro/caop/download/Areas_Freg_Mun_Dist_CAOP2010.zip|title=Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal|publisher=Instituto Geográfico Português|location=Lisbon, Portugal|language=Portuguese|accessdate=1 July 2011|year=2010|editor=IGP}}</ref> produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) |
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The '''Fajã Amaro da Cunha''' is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the [[Freguesia (Portugal)|civil parish]] of [[Rosais]], in the municipality of [[Velas (Azores)|Velas]], island of [[São Jorge Island|São Jorge]], in the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] archipelago of the [[Azores]]. |
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Located near the fajãs [[Fajã do Boi]], there is no permanent human settlement on the fajã. |
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'''Fajã Amaro da Cunha''' is a bluff on the northern coast of [[São Jorge Island]], an island in the central [[Azores|Azorean archipelago]], near the parish [[Rosais]]. It is located between [[Fajã do Boi]] and the municipality of [[Velas]]. The bluff features several small houses that are inhabited by mostly fishermen and farmers. |
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Following the [[1980 Azores earthquake|1980 earthquake]], the area was abandoned due to the instability of homes and cliff faces: many of the residents moved into the interior. Today the area is primarily for subsistence farming and grazing, for cultivating vineyards and as a location for fishing (in the winter and spring). |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist|30em}} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Lists of cliffs in São Jorge Island]] |
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* [[List of fajãs in the Azores]] |
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{{Coord missing|Portugal}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Faja Amaro Da Cunha}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faja Amaro Da Cunha}} |
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Revision as of 23:01, 17 August 2014
Template:Geobox The Fajã Amaro da Cunha 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.
Located near the fajãs Fajã do Boi, there is no permanent human settlement on the fajã.
Following the 1980 earthquake, the area was abandoned due to the instability of homes and cliff faces: many of the residents moved into the interior. Today the area is primarily for subsistence farming and grazing, for cultivating vineyards and as a location for fishing (in the winter and spring).
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