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Tambroso
Sign in to saveTambroso is a mountain peak on the Azorian island of Faial. It is located in the civil parish of Ribeirinha, in the municipality of Horta. The mountain, as well as its surrounding land-forms, is geographically close to the volcanic caldera at the center of Faial. The eruptive igneous rocks produced by this caldera forms the base of Tambroso, as well as many other peaks on Faial Island. The whole series of peaks has a maximum elevation at Cabeço Gordo, which is above sea level.
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Tambroso is a mountain peak on the Azorian island of Faial. It is located in the civil parish of Ribeirinha, in the municipality of Horta. The mountain, as well as its surrounding land-forms, is geographically close to the volcanic caldera at the center of Faial. The eruptive igneous rocks produced by this caldera forms the base of Tambroso, as well as many other peaks on Faial Island. The whole series of peaks has a maximum elevation at Cabeço Gordo, which is above sea level.
==Geography and geology== The elevation of Tambroso itself reaches to above sea-level. It is situated near another local peak, Alto da Pedreira, and the town of Ribeirinha. Climatically, the mountain is situated in a temperate ocean climate, as is the rest of Faial Island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tambroso” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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