Mount Pico

Mount Pico
Montanha do Pico
View of Pico from the harbour of Horta (Faial)
Highest point
Elevation	2,351 m (7,713 ft)[1]
Prominence	2,351 m (7,713 ft)
Parent peak	None
Coordinates	38°28′0″N 28°24′0″W / 38.46667°N 28.40000°W / 38.46667; -28.40000[1]
Geography
Location	Azores,  Portugal
Parent range	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Geology
Age of rock	< 230,000 Years
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1718

Mount Pico (Portuguese: Montanha do Pico) is a composite volcano (or stratovolcano); it is the highest point of the Portuguese island of Pico in the Azores. With an altitude of 2,351 m (7,713 ft) above sea level, it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores, and the tallest mountain in Portugal.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Pico". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.