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Geotope Geotope · Azores · 908 m

Caldeira do Faial

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  • Caldeira do Faial, ilha do Faial, Açores
    Caldeira do Faial, ilha do Faial, Açores
    Photo: JardimBotanico, CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons
The Caldeira do Faial is an important geosite, it is located in a nature reserve, with about 2 km in diameter, it was formed through numerous eruptions, interspersed with periods of calm, over the last 400 thousand years.

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38.581000, -28.706000
DMS
38°34'51.6"N 28°42'21.6"W
UTM
26S 351402 4271661
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