Africa
Cape Verde
Santa Catarina do Fogo Municipality

Pico do Fogo

Pico do Fogo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of , , rising to 2,829 metres above sea level. The main cone last erupted in 1680, causing mass emigration from the island.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,829 metres
  • Description: active volcano and highest peak of Cape Verde
  • Also known as: “Crater Pico de Fogo”, “Pico do Cano”, and “Vulcão”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fogo Natural Park.

Nature reserve
Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a protected area located on in Cape Verde, an archipelago nation in the central Atlantic Ocean. Established in 2003, the park encompasses an area of 84.69 km2, representing 17.8% of the island's total landmass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chã das Caldeiras and Cabeça Fundão.

Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- literally the Plateau of the Crater - is the area inside the original crater that created the island of 100000 years ago. The villages of Portela and Bangaeria are effectively joined as they sprawl for a kilometer or two on the main road that crosses the crater.

Hamlet
Photo: Flexman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement in the southern part of the island of , and sits on the foot of the mountain rim of Bordeira. It is situated 16 km east of the island capital .

Hamlet
Photo: Flexman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement in the eastern part of the island of , . It is situated 4 km north of , 5 km south of and 22 km east of the island capital .

Pico do Fogo

Latitude
14.9494° or 14° 56′ 58″ north
Longitude
-24.34031° or 24° 20′ 25″ west
Elevation
2,829 metres (9,281 feet)
Open location code
796QWMX5+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2048458042
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3374363
Wiki­data ID
Q499108
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Pico do Fogo” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆոգու (հրաբուխ)”
  • Armenian: “Ֆոգու”
  • Basque: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкан Фогу”
  • Belarusian: “Фогу”
  • Catalan: “Fogo”
  • Cebuano: “Pico (tumoy sa bukid)”
  • Cebuano: “Pico”
  • Chinese: “福古火山”
  • Czech: “Nejvyšší hora Kapverd”
  • Czech: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Dutch: “Mount Fogo”
  • Dutch: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيكو دو فوجو”
  • Estonian: “Fogo vulkaan”
  • Finnish: “Pico de Fogo”
  • French: “Gran Pico”
  • French: “Pic de Fogo”
  • French: “Pico de Fogo”
  • French: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Galician: “Pico do Fogo”
  • German: “Mount Fogo”
  • German: “Pico de Fogo”
  • German: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Hausa: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Hebrew: “פיקו דו פוגו”
  • Hindi: “पीकू दू फोगू”
  • Hungarian: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Icelandic: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Indonesian: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Italian: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Japanese: “フォゴ山”
  • Korean: “포고 산”
  • Korean: “포구산”
  • Ladin: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Lithuanian: “Fogas”
  • Lithuanian: “Fogo ugnikalnis”
  • Low German: “Chã das Caldeiras”
  • Low German: “Pico de Fogo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Malayalam: “പിക്കു ഡു ഫോഗു”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Norwegian: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Persian: “پیکو دو فوگو”
  • Polish: “Pico de Fogo”
  • Polish: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Fogo”
  • Portuguese: “Pico de Fogo”
  • Portuguese: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcão do Fogo”
  • Russian: “Фогу”
  • Scots: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Slovak: “Pico”
  • Slovenian: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Spanish: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Swahili: “Pico do Fogo”
  • Swedish: “Pico”
  • Turkish: “Pico do Fogo Dağı”
  • Twi: “Fogo Bepɔw (Pico do Fogo)”
  • Twi: “Fogo Bepɔw”
  • Ukrainian: “Фогу”
  • Venetian: “Pico de Fogo”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pico do Fogo”. Photo: Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 3.0.