This roundish caldera in the very centre of Faial is more than 300 m deep and has a diameter of approx. 2 km. It gives the name to the stratovolcano forming the main part of the island. View from the caldera rim at approx. 850 m asl. in SE direction. Cabeço Gordo (1043 m), highest point on the island, is shown in the central background.
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
- Created
- on Saturday 9 September 2023 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- crater|caldera, fluvial erosion, fluvial processes, mountaintop, stratovolcano, volcanic cone, volcanism, wetland, Zonobiome V
- Visits and license
- 1023 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license