Calhau
Calhau is a hamlet in Candelária, Madalena Municipality. Calhau is situated nearby to the hamlet Monte, as well as near the village Criação Velha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico) and Gruta das Torres.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico)
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Chapel of Santo António (Madalena do Pico) is a church.
Gruta das Torres
Cave
Photo: Ulrich Thumult, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gruta das Torres, is a lava cave, a geological formation of volcanic origin formed from the flow and cooling of subterranean magma rivers. This formation is located outside the parish of Criação Velha, in the municipality of Madalena, on the western flanks of the island of Pico. Gruta das Torres is situated 3 km east of Calhau.
Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores is situated 3 km north of Calhau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena and Bandeiras.
Madalena
Town
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
Madalena is a municipality along the western coast of the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores. It has 6,332 inhabitants as of 2021, in an area of 147.12 km2. Madalena is situated 6 km north of Calhau.
Bandeiras
Village
Photo: Zeorymer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bandeiras is a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena on the island of Pico in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 626, in an area of 22.21 km². Bandeiras is situated 9 km northeast of Calhau.
Calhau
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Candelária, Madalena Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.48639° or 38° 29′ 11″ northLongitude
-28.5382° or 28° 32′ 18″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
89CHFFP6+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5979720177OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
9781738
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