Lagoa do Fogo
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Lagoa do Fogo is a crater lake
within the Agua de Pau
stratovolcano in the center of the island of São Miguel Island
in the Azores
. The governmental authorities do not allow any modern construction around this lake. This lake is the highest above sea level on São Miguel Island.
Crater lake
A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called caldera lakes, but often this distinction is not...
within the Agua de Pau
Agua de Pau
Água de Pau is a stratovolcano in central part of São Miguel Island. About 30,000 to 45,000 years ago the 4 km wide and 7 km long outer caldera was formed. The inner caldera, which is 2.5 km wide and 4 km long was formed about 15,000 years ago. The younger inner...
stratovolcano in the center of the island of São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, 45,000 of these people located in the largest city in the archipelago: Ponta Delgada.-History:In 1427, São Miguel...
in the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
. The governmental authorities do not allow any modern construction around this lake. This lake is the highest above sea level on São Miguel Island.