Água de Pau Massif
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.- Type: Locality with 3,060 residents
- Description: Stratovolcano in São Miguel Island
- Also known as: “Agua de Pau”, “Água de Pau”, “Agua de Pau volcano”, “Água de Pau volcano”, and “Fogo volcano”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos and Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Monte Santo.
Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Monte Santo
Church
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Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Monte Santo is a church.
Convent of Caloura
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
The Convent of Caloura is a Portuguese 16th-century convent located in the civil parish of Água de Pau, in the municipality of Lagoa, on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores. Convent of Caloura is situated 3½ km southeast of Água de Pau Massif.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Miguel and Água de Pau.
São Miguel
Photo: Apeto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Água de Pau Massif
- Categories: mountain and volcano
- Location: Lagoa Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Água de Pau Massif” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Água de Pau”
- Cebuano: “Água de Pau”
- Czech: “Água de Pau”
- Dutch: “Agua de Pau”
- Dutch: “Água de Pau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اجوا د پاو”
- French: “Agua de Pau”
- French: “Água de Pau”
- Galician: “Água de Pau”
- German: “Agua de Pau”
- German: “Água de Pau”
- Ladin: “Água de Pau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Agua de Pau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Água de Pau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vulkanen Água de Pau”
- Polish: “Água de Pau”
- Portuguese: “Água de Pau”
- Russian: “Агуа-де-Пау”
- Slovak: “Agua de Pau”
- Spanish: “Agua de Pau”
- Spanish: “Água de Pau”
- Spanish: “Macizo de Água de Pau”
- Swedish: “Água de Pau”
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Notable Places Nearby
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