Tambroso

Tambroso
Highest point
Elevation 497
Prominence Alto da Pedreira
Coordinates 38°35′59.99″N 28°39′0″W / 38.5999972°N 28.65000°W / 38.5999972; -28.65000Coordinates: 38°35′59.99″N 28°39′0″W / 38.5999972°N 28.65000°W / 38.5999972; -28.65000
Geography
Parent range Cabeço Gordo

Tambroso is the name of a Portuguese mountain located in the civil parish of Ribeirinha, in the municipality of Horta, on the island of Faial of the Azores.

The mountain and its surrounding landforms is geographically close to the volcano in the center of ilha do Faial, of which the peak is a part.[1] The whole system has a maximum elevation at Cabeço Gordo, which is 1,043 metres (3,422 ft) above sea level.

Tambroso itself reaches 506 metres (1,660 ft) above sea-level and is near Alto da Pedreira, another local peak, and the town of Ribeirinha.[1]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Mapa dos Açores, Série Regional (in Portuguese) (5 ed.), Freytag-Berndt u. Artaria KG, ISBN 978-989-556-071-4

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