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Gruta das Torres (Grotto of Towers), is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers.[1]

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  1. 29 relations: Azores, Bacteria, Barcelona, Criação Velha, English language, European Union, Graciosa, Insect, Lava, Lava cave, Lava delta, Lava tube, List of troglobites, Lists of World Heritage Sites, Madalena, Azores, Mold, Parasitic cone, Pico Island, Portuguese, Portuguese language, São Jorge Island, São Miguel Island, Speleology, Stalactite, Stalagmite, Terceira Island, UNESCO, Vineyard, World Heritage Site.

  2. Caves of the Azores
  3. Pico Island
  4. Tourist attractions in the Azores
  5. Volcanoes of Portugal

Azores

The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).

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Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.

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Criação Velha

Criação Velha is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Graciosa

Graciosa Island (literally "graceful" or "enchanting" in Portuguese), also referred to as the White Island, is a volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Insect

Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

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Lava

Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

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Lava cave

A lava cave is any cave formed in volcanic rock, though it typically means caves formed by volcanic processes, which are more properly termed volcanic caves.

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Lava delta

Lava deltas, similar to river deltas, form wherever sufficient sub-aerial flows of lava enter standing bodies of water.

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Lava tube

A lava tube, or pyroduct, is a natural conduit formed by flowing lava from a volcanic vent that moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow. Gruta das Torres and lava tube are lava tubes.

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List of troglobites

A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.

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Lists of World Heritage Sites

This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.

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Madalena, Azores

Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores.

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Mold

A mold or mould is one of the structures that certain fungi can form.

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Parasitic cone

A parasitic cone (also adventive cone or satellite cone) is the cone-shaped accumulation of volcanic material not part of the central vent of a volcano.

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Pico Island

Pico Island (Ilha do Pico) is an island in the Central Group of the Portuguese Azores.

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Portuguese

Portuguese may refer to.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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São Jorge Island

São Jorge is an island in the central group of the Azores archipelago and part of the autonomous region of Portugal.

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São Miguel Island

São Miguel Island (Portuguese for "Saint Michael"), nicknamed "The Green Island" (Ilha Verde), is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

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Speleology

Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their composition, structure, physical properties, history, ecology, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology).

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Stalactite

A stalactite is a mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or man-made structures such as bridges and mines.

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Stalagmite

A stalagmite is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings.

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Terceira Island

Terceira is a volcanic island in the Azores archipelago, about a third of the way across the North Atlantic Ocean at a similar latitude to Portugal's capital Lisbon, and the island group is an insular part of Portugal.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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See also

Caves of the Azores

Pico Island

Tourist attractions in the Azores

Volcanoes of Portugal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruta_das_Torres