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. Água de Pau Massif is situated 3 km south of Barragem.

Lagoon of Fire

Lake

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Lagoa do Fogo is a crater lake within the Água de Pau Massif stratovolcano in the center of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Lagoon of Fire is situated 3 km south of Barragem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Miguel and Porto Formoso.

São Miguel

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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.

Porto Formoso

Village

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Porto Formoso is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,265, in an area of 12.79 km2. Porto Formoso is situated 6 km northeast of Barragem.

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 is situated 8 km south of Barragem.

Barragem

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Ribeira Grande (Matriz), Ribeira Grande Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.78987° or 37° 47′ 24″ north

Longitude

-25.48224° or 25° 28′ 56″ west

Open location code

899PQGQ9+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1377671135

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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