Volcano & Verdelho – PICO – Azores Part 5

Aerial view eastwards and into the crater of Mt. Pico, with the cone Piquinho rising another seventy meters. (© Herbert Terra, via Panoramio)

Pico volcano is the youngest in the Azores islands, a kid of just 6000 years. Although it hasn’t been playing with fire in the last few centuries, in a geological time scale he and his siblings have been constantly active during the Holocene. The Island of Pico in the Central Azores group presents 173 square miles of most diverse volcanic landscape – dotted with crater lakes and marshes, with extensive lava fields and caves. It is the most important natural reserve of the Azores. The coast of Pico is dominated by steep slopes with fantastic viewpoints, lava arches and vineyards. Some of the local wines that should be tasted by any visiting volcanoholic are “Magma”, “Basalto” or “Terras d’ Lava” 😉 .

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Aerial view of the Capelinhos volcano. (© Herbert Terra, via Panoramio)