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Encyclopedia Britannica



HORTA

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 741 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HOR-I25
HORTA , the
capital
  of an administrative
district
  comprising the islands of Pico,
Fayal
 , Flores and Corvo, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Pop. (1900) 6574. Horta is a seaport on the
south
 -
east
 
coast
  of
Fayal
 . It is defended by two castles and a
wall
 , but these fortifications are obsolete. The harbour, a bay 2 M. long and nearly r m. broad, affords good anchorage in 5 to 20 fathoms of water, but is dangerous in
south
 -westerly and south-easterly winds. It is the head-quarters of profitable whale, tunny, bonito and
mullet
  fisheries. Its exports include sperm-oil, fruit, wine and
grain
 . Between 1897 and 1904 the port annually accommodated about 140 vessels of 220,000 tons, mostly of British or Portuguese nationality.


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