Horta, Faial: Porto Pim whaling bay

Where: Atlantic Islands · Europe · approx. 38.53, -28.63 (vicinity only)

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

What turns up: sea glass possible, eyes-only: Porto Pim whaling station, town walls

Access: Open / legal.

public town beach inside the Monte da Guia protected landscape: surface picking of glass is unproblematic, no digging, and the whaling station is a museum, eyes-only

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.