Volcanic eruption

Eruption of Sete Cidades

1880 · 37.87° N, 25.79° W

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What the records say

When
1880
Kind
Volcanic eruption
Coordinates
37.87° N, 25.79° W
Vei
0
Vent
Volcano Uncertain: submarine vent off Sao Miguel
Volcano number
382080
Eruption number
13023

Sete Cidades Massif

Stratovolcanic complex

Sete Cidades Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, referring to a polygenetic volcano and caldera, located in western part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. More recognizable for the Lagoa das Sete Cidades at its centre, the volcanic complex includes centuries of geomorphological structures that include lava domes, cones, lava flows and maar geomorphology that have marked its his…

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