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GVP volcano 382080 · no holder yet

Sete Cidades

Sete Cidades is an 842 m stratovolcano in Portugal, last erupted in 1880.

Type
Stratovolcano (composite landform)
Summit
842 m above sea level
Rock
Trachyte / Trachydacite
Setting
Rift zone, oceanic, under 15 km
Last eruption
1880
Largest known
VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1444
Eruptions
16 confirmed in the record
Where
37.87°N 25.79°W · Portugal
Region
Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province, Atlantic Ocean Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 382080

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