Lagoon of the Seven Cities
Lagoa das Sete Cidades is a twin lake situated in the crater of a dormant volcano on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It consists of two small, ecologically different lakes connected by a narrow strait, which is crossed by a bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: crater lake
- Also known as: “Lagoa das Sete Cidades”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sete Cidades Massif and Santiago Lake.
Sete Cidades Massif
Volcano
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Sete Cidades Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, referring to a polygenetic volcano and caldera, located in western part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sete Cidades and Feteiras.
Sete Cidades
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Sete Cidades is a village on the Azores. It is on the island of São Miguel, and is home to 800 people as of 2011. It has the famous twin crater lakes, Lagoa Azul and Lagoa Verde.
Feteiras
Village
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Feteiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It is situated in the western part of the island of São Miguel, on the south coast. Feteiras is situated 6 km south of Lagoon of the Seven Cities.
Capelas
Town
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Capelas is a civil parish along the northern coast of the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 4,080, in an area of 16.85 square kilometres. Capelas is situated 9 km east of Lagoon of the Seven Cities.
Lagoon of the Seven Cities
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lagoon of the Seven Cities from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Lagoon of the Seven Cities” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lagoa das Sete Cidades”
- French: “Lagoa das Sete Cidades”
- German: “Lagoa das Sete Cidades”
- Japanese: “セテ・シタデス山”
- Japanese: “セテ・シダデス湖”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lagoa das Sete Cidades”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lagoa das Sete Cidades”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa das Sete Cidades”
- Russian: “Лагоа-даш-Сете-Сидадеш”
- Russian: “Сети-Сидадиш”
- Spanish: “Lagoa de Sete Cidades”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Sete Cidades”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque de Merendas da Volta do Salto and Lagoa Verde.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Lagoon of the Seven Cities”. Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 4.0.