Fajã Amaro da Cunha
| Fajã Amaro da Cunha | |
| Debris field (Fajã) | |
| Named for: Amaro da Cunha | |
| Country | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Autonomous region | Azores |
| Group | Central |
| Island | São Jorge |
| Municipality | Velas |
| Civil parish | Rosais |
| Biomes | Temperate, Mediterranean |
| Geology | Alkali basalt, Tephra, Trachyte, Trachybasalt |
| Orogeny | Volcanism |
| Period | Holocene |
| Management | Secretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar |
| - location | Rua Cônsul Dabney - Colónia Alemã, 140, Horta, Faial |
| - elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| - coordinates | 38°32′2″N 28°37′45″W / 38.53389°N 28.62917°W |
| Owner | Regional Government of the Azores |
| For public | Public |
| Visitation | Accessible by foot, yet restricted during periods of inclement weather |
| Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[1] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP) | |
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).
References
- ↑ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, retrieved 1 July 2011