Faial-Pico Channel — Portugal

Faial - Pico

9.2 km
Distance
Faial ↔ Pico
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
10
Swimmers
10
Countries
1
Women
10%
Median time
3:27
Busiest month
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Crossings per year

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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19291103:203:20

Women and men

10%Women
  • Women1 · 10%
  • Men9 · 90%

Equipment and format

10Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo9 · 90%
  • Skin · Solo1 · 10%

Starting side

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  • From Faial7 · 70%
  • Direction not declared3 · 30%

Where swimmers come from

1Countries
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal8 · 100%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

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Youngest: Luís Francisco🇵🇹, 42 · Oldest: Luís Francisco🇵🇹, 42

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 3:08:36, median 3:27.

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Countries

  • 🇵🇹 Portugal8
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇵🇹 Portugal802:11Manuel Azevedo Lima🇵🇹 · 1929

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.