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Faial-Pico Channel — Portugal

Faial - Pico

9.2 km
Distance
Faial ↔ Pico
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. 1929
    First crossingManuel Azevedo Lima3:20
  2. 1929
    First from countryManuel Azevedo Lima🇵🇹 Portugal3:20
  3. 1929
    RecordManuel Azevedo LimaSkin · Solo · 3:20
  4. 2014
    First womanLetícia Toste3:43
  5. 2014
    RecordMiguel Horta ArrobasWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 2:11

Crossings per decade

519202010

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.