Midadouro Vista do Rei, showing the twin lakes of the Lagoa das Sete Cidad, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal


Sete Cidades Massif is a stratovolcanic complex, referring to a polygenetic volcano and caldera, located in western part of the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. More recognizable for the Lagoa das Sete Cidades at its centre, the volcanic complex includes centuries of geomorphological structures that include lava domes, cones, lava flows and maar geomorphology that have marked its history.


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Location: Sete Cidades, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Photo credit: © Jorge Tutor / Alamy / Afripics
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