Corvo, Portugal
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and rearing livestock. The women weave excellent woolen cloth for domestic consumption.

Virtually untouched by tourism, Corvo is the only island in the Azores not to have an airport.

Topography

The island, 7km/4.5mi long and up to 4.5km/3mi wide, is made up of a single extinct volcano, Monte Gordo (777m/2,549ft), the crater of which, over 1.5km/1mi wide, contains a lake with nine small rocky islets.

Sights

With its rugged and cliff-fringed coasts, which are particularly steep on the west side of the island, Corvo has no proper harbor. Boats put in at Rosário on the south coast, the island's only settlement, with a radio station and meteorological observatory on the hill above the village.