Porto do Calhau
Porto do Calhau is a dock in Candelária, Madalena Municipality. Porto do Calhau is situated nearby to the volcano Monte, as well as near the town Madalena.Places of Interest Nearby
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, which is situated 1 km northeast of Porto do Calhau.
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 3½ km east of Porto do Calhau.
Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores
Church
Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.
Church of Nossa Senhora das Dores is situated 3 km north of Porto do 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 Porto do 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 10 km northeast of Porto do Calhau.
Porto do Calhau
- Type: Dock
- Category: transportation
- Location: Candelária, Madalena Municipality, Azores, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude
38.48631° or 38° 29′ 11″ northLongitude
-28.53905° or 28° 32′ 21″ westOpen location code
89CHFFP6+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5979720178OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dock
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