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 and Moinho de vento do Monte.

Chapel of Santo António

Church

Photo: Luissilveira, Public domain.

Chapel of Santo António is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of Porto do Calhau.

Moinho de vento do Monte

Windmill

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Moinho de vento do Monte is a windmill, 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.

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″ north

Longitude

-28.53905° or 28° 32′ 21″ west

Open location code

89CHFFP6+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5979720178

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dock

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