Naturalist English Charles Darwin visited Island in 1832, this travel resulted on the Theory Evolution of Species, lifted in formations about biology and geology of archipelagos. He discovered that islands went built for a long time most 12 millions of years originated by submarines volcanoes.
Morro do Pico (photo), has 323 meters of high is culminant point, and can seen by most 50 kilometers of distance on clean days .Say on a hot day.