Furnas Lagoon

Furnas Lagoon is a lake in Azores. Furnas Lagoon is situated nearby to the hamlet Fogo, as well as near the village Ribeira Quente.

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Type: Lake
Description: crater lake
Also known as: “Furnas Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias and Mata Jardim José do Canto.

Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias

Church

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

The Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias, dedicated to Our Lady of the Victories, a small funerary chapel on the southwestern corner of Lagoa das Furnas in the civil parish of Furnas, on the Azorean island of São Miguel.

Mata Jardim José do Canto

Garden

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mata Jardim José do Canto is a garden.

Church of Santa Ana

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Furnas and Povoação.

Furnas

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Furnas is a village in the Azores archipelago on the island of São Miguel, and was home to 1,450 people in 2011. It is famous for its geothermal activity.

Povoação

Town

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Povoação is a municipality located in the southeastern corner of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 6,327, in an area of 106.41 km2. Povoação is situated 8 km east of Furnas Lagoon.

Vila Franca do Campo

Town

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Vila Franca do Campo is a Portuguese town on the island of São Miguel in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It covers an area of 78.00 km2 and has a population of 10,323 inhabitants. Vila Franca do Campo is situated 10 km southwest of Furnas Lagoon.

Furnas Lagoon

Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
Location: Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

37.75965° or 37° 45′ 35″ north

Longitude

-25.33348° or 25° 20′ 1″ west

Elevation

299 metres (981 feet)

Open location code

899PQM58+VJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26794074

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

3373024

Wikidata ID

Q1475035

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Satellite Map

Discover Furnas Lagoon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Furnas Lagoon” goes by many names.

Chinese: “富尔纳斯湖”
Dutch: “Lagoa das Furnas”
German: “Furnas-See (Azoren)”
German: “Furnas-See”
Japanese: “フルナス湖”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Lagoa das Furnas”
Norwegian: “Lagoa das Furnas”
Portuguese: “Lagoa das Furnas”
Spanish: “Laguna de Furnas”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fogo and Ribeira Quente.

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