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Fajã do Pedregalo

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Fajã do Pedregalo
LocationRosais, São Jorge, Central, Azores, Portugal
VisitorsAccessible by foot, yet restricted during periods of inclement weather
OperatorSecretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[1] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)

The Fajã do Pedregalo, 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 Fajã de Fernando Afonso it is accessible from a small trail, where transport is difficult.

Although it has never been inhabited, the fajã is used to raise livestock and cultivate some crops, including specifically potato. This region is also popular with artesnal/local fishermen.

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  1. ^ IGP, ed. (2010), Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português, archived from the original on 3 July 2014, retrieved 1 July 2011

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