Morro Pelado
| Morro Pelado | ||
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 View of the Morro Pelado from the west |
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| height | 1019 m | |
| location | São Jorge , Azores , Portugal | |
| Dominance | 1.2 km → Pico da Esperança | |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 39 ′ 21 ″ N , 28 ° 5 ′ 12 ″ W | |
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| Type | Crevasse volcano | |
| rock | basalt | |
 Memorial stone for the victims of the plane crash on December 11, 1999 |
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The Morro Pelado ("Naked Hill") is the second highest mountain on the Azores island of São Jorge . It is located in the municipality of Norte Grande in the Velas district .
Like the rest of the island, it is of volcanic origin. Neighboring mountains are the Pico da Esperança (1053 m) in the southeast, the Pico Montoso (945 m) in the southwest and the Pico Verde (953 m) in the northwest. At the Morro Pelado is the 140 m deepest volcanic cave in the Azores ( Algar do Morro Pelado or Algar do Montoso ). The endemic ground beetle Trechus isabelae lives only here . The Morro Pelado is part of the Reserva florestal natural do Pico da Esperança forest reserve established in 1988 to preserve the endemic vegetation .
On 11 December 1999, a crashed airliner of SATA Air Açores (flight 530M) on the way from Ponta Delgada to Horta on the southern flank of the Morro Pelado. The 35 occupants of the British Aerospace ATP came to life. A memorial stone today commemorates the victims of the accident at the crash site.
The Morro Pelado is passed by the marked PR4SJO (Pico do Pedro - Pico da Esperança - Fajã do Ouvidor) trail .
Individual evidence
- ↑ IPEA Inventário do Património Espeleológico dos Açores ( Memento of the original of March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Speleoazores.com, accessed August 21, 2015.
- ↑ José Luis Martín Esquivel, Manuel Arechavaleta Hernández, Paulo AV Borges, Bernardo F. Faria: Top 100. Las cien especies amenazadas prioritarias de gestión en la región europea biogeográfica de La Macaronesia (PDF; 4.3 MB). Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, Gobierno de Canarias 2008. pp. 204f. ISBN 84-89729-38-7
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English).
- ↑ Pico do Pedro - Pico da Esperança - Fajã do Ouvidor. Azores trails on trails.visitazores.com, accessed August 21, 2015.
