Created by successive volcanic eruptions in straight line, the lovely São Jorge Island is located on the central group of the amazing Azores Archipelago, separated by the neighbour Pico Island by the São Jorge canal, a sea strait with about 15km. Occupying an area of 246 Km2, in 53 km length and 8 km width, São Jorge has its highest peak at 1067 meters high, and is famous for the wonderful “Fajãs”: plain terrains with a small extension, situated on the seaside, formed by materials from the cliffs or from the ocean’s and wind erosion of the rocks. The discovery dates of the Azores Archipelago are unknown, with several historical researches affirming that some of the island were already referred in Genovese maps since 1351, yet it was...

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