Corvo: the volcano island

🌋 Corvo – The island at the end of the world, between volcanoes and isolation 🌊

Corvo is the smallest of the Azores, a tiny speck in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Yet it is undoubtedly here that the intimate relationship between geology, climate and human life is felt most strongly.

Having just arrived from Flores, everything seems to change: the land becomes more compact, the ocean widens, and the island reveals a unique, almost timeless atmosphere.

Corvo is dominated by a huge caldera, the remnant of the collapse of an ancient shield volcano.

But this island is not just a landscape: it is a way of life.

Geology influences everything here:

• Steep cliffs limit the amount of land available for cultivation.

• The modest altitude reduces moisture capture.

• The wind shapes the daily life and organisation of the community.

On Corvo, isolation is a reality: sea connections depend on the weather, and supply deliveries are sometimes uncertain. And yet, it is precisely this constraint that has forged a resilient community, deeply attached to its volcanic territory.

Life centres around a single village, surrounded by a landscape where every feature tells a story of the volcanic cycle: construction, collapse, reactivation.

Corvo thus appears as a natural laboratory but also a symbol of human adaptation, where the balance between man and his environment remains visible at every turn.

Exploring Corvo means understanding that even on a collapsed volcano lost in the ocean, the Earth continues to guide life — slowly, powerfully, inevitably. 🌋💛