Mount Pico | |
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Ponta do Pico | |
![]() Aerial view of Mount Pico | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,351 m (7,713 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2,351 m (7,713 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | None - HP Pico |
Listing | Country high point Ultra |
Coordinates | 38°28′08″N 28°23′56″W / 38.46889°N 28.39889°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Pico Island, Azores |
Parent range | Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
Geology | |
Age of rock | < 230,000 Years |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | July to December 1720[2] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Scramble, Class 2; YDS Grade II |
Mount Pico Nature Reserve | |
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Area | 13.41 km2 (5.18 sq mi)[3] |
Established | 1972 |
Visitors | > 20,000 (in 2019)[4] |
Governing body | ICNF |
Mount Pico (Portuguese: Montanha do Pico) is a currently dormant stratovolcano located on Pico Island, in the mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. It is the highest mountain in Portugal, at 2,351 metres (7,713 ft) above sea level, and is one of the highest Atlantic mountains; it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores. It has been a designated nature reserve since 1972.
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