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Atlantic Islands, Azores
Horta, Faial
Porto Pim whaling bay
Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glassAlso reported: eyes-only: Porto Pim whaling station, town walls.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Crescent bay of Horta's original settlement nucleus, an 18th-19th century stop for American whalers with a whaling station on the point
settlement and whaling history documented on Wikipedia; the sheltered town beach plausibly holds old port glass but no collecting accounts were found
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
summer crowds, cold Atlantic water
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.