Pico do Fogo
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Pico do Fogo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, rising to 2,829 metres above sea level. The main cone last erupted in 1680, causing mass emigration from the island.
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Chã das Caldeiras and main ash cone, Fogo, 2009
Pico do Fogo (crater).
Pico do Fogo along with Henrique Teixeira da Sousa in a Capeverdean $200 escudo note
Chã das Caldeiras
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Chã das Caldeiras is a small community of approximately 700 inhabitants in the crater of the volcano Pico do Fogo on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. The village consists of two main neighborhoods: Por
Pico do Fogo
…the ocean. The mountain's slopes are used to grow coffee, while its lava is used as building material. Near its peak is a caldera and a small village, Chã das Caldeiras, is inside this caldera. The crater rim, which reaches 2,700 m elevation, is known as Bordeira. The eastern side of Fogo collapsed into the ocean 73,000…
Village of Chã das Caldeiras before the 2014–15 eruption
Village of Bangaeira before the November 2014 – February 2015 eruption
Bangaeira in the aftermath of the 2014–15 eruption, remains of some buildings still exists, some houses were covered with lava, several suffered damages
Two years after the 2014–15 eruption, these were some buildings that survived the lava flows