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Terceira Island, Azores

Terceira Island is one of nine volcanic islands in the Azores archipelago, which straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a triple junction.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Terceira Island, Azores.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published June 22, 2022
Data acquired January 3, 2020

Source:: Landsat 8 > OLI

Collection:: International Parks and UNESCO Sites