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.

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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.

Santiago Lake

Pond

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Santiago Lake is a pond.

Church of São Nicolau

Church

Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0.

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, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude

37.85547° or 37° 51′ 20″ north

Longitude

-25.78714° or 25° 47′ 14″ west

Elevation

270 metres (886 feet)

Open location code

899PV647+54

GeoNames ID

7534755

Wikidata ID

Q1526881

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Lagoon of the Seven Cities” goes by many names.

Chinese: “七城湖”
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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