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Atlantic Islands, Azores

Horta, Azores

Whaler & cable port

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Yankee whaler refuse, Azorean and American glass, cable-era international mix..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1583-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Atlantic swell
harbor works.

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