Lagoon of Fire

Lagoa do Fogo is a crater lake within the Água de Pau Massif stratovolcano in the center of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

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Type: Lake
Description: crater lake, on the island of São Miguel
Also known as: “Lagoa do Fogo” and “Lake of Fire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Água de Pau Massif.

Água de Pau Massif

Volcano

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Água de Pau Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, located in the central part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. More recognizable for the Lagoa do Fogo at its centre, the volcanic complex includes centuries of geomorphological structures that include lava domes, cones and encrusted lava flows that have marked its history from, the last, 45,000 years BC.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Miguel and Água de Pau.

São Miguel

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São Miguel is the largest and most populous island of the Azores archipelago. Portuguese for Saint Michael, the island is also known by locals as "The Green Island". Most visitors arriving in the Azores will pass through São Miguel.

Água de Pau

Town

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Água de Pau is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,058, in an area of 17.46 km2. It contains the localities Água de Pau, Caloura, Cerco, Cinzeiro, Galera and Jubileu.

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.

Lagoon of Fire

Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
Location: Água de Alto, Vila Franca do Campo Municipality, Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

37.76223° or 37° 45′ 44″ north

Longitude

-25.476° or 25° 28′ 34″ west

Elevation

720 metres (2,362 feet)

Open location code

899PQG6F+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26794042

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

3373057

Wikidata ID

Q1800480

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In Other Languages

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

Chinese: “福古湖”
Dutch: “Lagoa do Fogo”
Esperanto: “Lagoa do Fogo”
Esperanto: “Laguno de Fajro”
French: “Lagoa do Fogo”
German: “Lagoa do Fogo”
Japanese: “フォゴ湖”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lagoa do Fogo”
Polish: “Lagoa do Fogo”
Portuguese: “Lagoa do fogo”
Portuguese: “Lagoa do Fogo”
Portuguese: “Reserva Natural da Lagoa do Fogo”
Portuguese: “Zona Especial de Conservação da Lagoa do Fogo (São Miguel)”
Russian: “Лагоа-ду-Фогу”
Russian: “Огненное озеро”
Spanish: “Lagoa do Fogo”
Spanish: “Laguna do Fogo”

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