San-Jorge, and from the south by the Quemado and Aguia, or Guia, rocks. A breakwater in course of construction, running from Quemado to the south of the anchorage, will enclose a safe harbour of about 30 acres in extent.

Flores and Corvo, separated from the other Azores by a space of about 150

Fig. 18. — Corvo.

miles, and from each other by a strait 11 miles wide and over 830 fathoms deep, form a little group apart, communicating seldom with the eastern groups, except for administrative purposes with Horta, capital of the province of the Azores.