Furnas Volcano Caldera

The Furnas Volcano is a major dormant volcano of silicious noture, with a summit subsidence

caldera. This huge volcanic depression has on eiliptical shape, 8 x 5.6 km in size and includes

an important geodiversity.

 

This geodiversity is expressed by the Furnas lake, severai small-size volcanic landforms (as

scorio cones, pumice rings and lava domes) fumarolic fields and many types of thermai and

mineral waters, which are part of the so-called "Furnas Hydropolis"

 

 

Submitted by Gilda Spitz