GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Pico Island, Portuguese Ilha do Pico, island of the Portuguese Azores archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. Separated from Faial Island by the Faial Channel, it has an area of 163 square miles (433 square km) and is dominated by the Ponta do Pico volcano, highest in the Azores (7, 713 feet [2, 351 m]).

Detailed explanation-2: -Mount Pico (Portuguese: Montanha do Pico) is a currently quiescent stratovolcano located on Pico Island, in the mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Madalena, the capital of Pico Island, is usually accessible by sea from Horta, the capital city of Faial Island. The trip is 5 maritime miles long, and lasts approximately 30 minutes (half of the time if you travel by express), and an hour if you depart from Velas, São Jorge Island.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pico’s modern fame comes mainly from a speech that he never gave, the Oration on the Dignity of Man that got its title only after he died.