Sete Cidades Massif

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Sete Cidades Massif is a large volcanic complex on São Miguel Island in the Azores, best known for its dramatic caldera and twin crater lakes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sete Cidades Massif canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf polygenetic volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
volcanic complex ⓘ
calderaDepth up to about 400 meters ⓘ
calderaDiameter about 5 kilometers ⓘ
calderaLength about 6 kilometers ⓘ
calderaWidth about 5 kilometers ⓘ
containsLake Lagoa Azul ⓘ
Lagoa Verde ⓘ
Lagoa das Sete Cidades ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
eruptionProducts basaltic-trachybasalt ⓘ
trachyte ⓘ
eruptionStyle explosive ⓘ
phreatomagmatic ⓘ
geologicalAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasCaldera Sete Cidades caldera ⓘ
hasPart Lagoa Azul ⓘ
linked to: Lagoa Verde

Lagoa Verde ⓘ
Sete Cidades caldera ⓘ
Sete Cidades village ⓘ
lava domes ⓘ
parasitic cones ⓘ
pyroclastic cones ⓘ
twin crater lakes ⓘ
hazardType explosive eruptions ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
pyroclastic falls ⓘ
highestElevation about 856 meters ⓘ
highestPoint Pico da Cruz ⓘ
isInArchipelago Azores ⓘ
isOnIsland São Miguel ⓘ
linked to: São Miguel Island
isTouristAttraction true ⓘ
knownFor dramatic caldera ⓘ
twin crater lakes ⓘ
lastEruptionPeriod Holocene ⓘ
lastKnownEruptions historical time uncertain, Holocene activity documented ⓘ
locatedIn Azores ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
São Miguel Island ⓘ
nearbyCity Ponta Delgada ⓘ
nearbySettlement Sete Cidades ⓘ
overlooks Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Mid-Atlantic Ridge volcanic province ⓘ
São Miguel volcanic zone ⓘ
tectonicSetting Azores triple junction region ⓘ
intraplate oceanic island volcano ⓘ
volcanoType caldera volcano ⓘ
central volcano ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

São Miguel Island → contains → Sete Cidades Massif ⓘ
Sete Cidades twin lakes → locatedIn → Sete Cidades Massif ⓘ
Lagoa das Sete Cidades → isPartOf → Sete Cidades Massif ⓘ