Capelinhos volcano

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Capelinhos volcano is a submarine-to-subaerial volcanic cone off the western coast of Faial Island in the Azores, famous for its 1957–58 eruption that dramatically expanded the island and reshaped its landscape.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Capelinhos volcano canonical 3
Fogo Volcano 1
Sete Cidades volcano 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf subaerial volcano ⓘ
submarine volcano ⓘ
volcanic cone ⓘ
volcano ⓘ
category Monogenetic volcanoes ⓘ
Submarine volcanoes ⓘ
Volcanoes of the Azores ⓘ
composition basaltic ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
createdLandArea new land added to Faial Island during 1957–1958 eruption ⓘ
elevation approximately 163 metres ⓘ
eruptionEndDate 1958-10-24 ⓘ
eruptionStartDate 1957-09-27 ⓘ
eruptionStyle phreatomagmatic ⓘ
eruptionType Surtseyan eruption ⓘ
eruptionYears 1957 ⓘ
1958 ⓘ
formedBy interaction of magma with seawater ⓘ
geologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
hasLighthouse Farol dos Capelinhos ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Capelinhos Volcano Interpretation Centre ⓘ
hazard ash fall ⓘ
explosive activity ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
heritageStatus protected landscape area ⓘ
impact forced evacuation and emigration from Faial Island ⓘ
island Faial Island ⓘ
languageOfLocalToponym Portuguese ⓘ
lastEruption 1957–1958 eruption of Capelinhos ⓘ
locatedIn Azores ⓘ
Faial Island ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
monitoringAgency Centro de Informação e Vigilância Sismovulcânica dos Açores ⓘ
nameMeaning “little capes” in Portuguese ⓘ
nearbySettlement Capelo ⓘ
Cedros ⓘ
notableFor dramatic island expansion in 1957–1958 ⓘ
submarine-to-subaerial eruption sequence ⓘ
well-documented historical eruption ⓘ
partOf Azores archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Azores

Capelo volcanic complex ⓘ
region Autonomous Region of the Azores ⓘ
linked to: Azores
significantEvent 1957–1958 eruption expanded the western coast of Faial Island ⓘ
1957–1958 eruption reshaped the landscape of Faial Island ⓘ
tectonicSetting triple junction of North American Plate, Eurasian Plate and African Plate ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt Azores hotspot ⓘ
volcanoType monogenetic cone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faial Island → hasVolcanicFeature → Capelinhos volcano ⓘ
Faial Island → knownFor → Capelinhos volcano ⓘ
São Miguel Island → contains → Fogo Volcano ⓘ
linked to: Capelinhos volcano
Lagoa das Sete Cidades → locatedInCalderaOf → Sete Cidades volcano ⓘ
linked to: Capelinhos volcano