Volcano profile

Portugal

Picos Fissural Volcanic System.

Volcano profile for Picos Fissural Volcanic System in Portugal, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Fissure vent
Elevation
350 m
Last documented eruption
1652
Coordinates
37.78°, -25.67°
GVP number
382081

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Portugal

Picos Fissural Volcanic System

Fissure vent

Elevation
350 m
Last documented eruption
1652
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
37.78°, -25.67°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Azores-Terceira Rift Volcanic Province
Tectonic setting
Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
382081
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Picos Fissural Volcanic System · Portugal

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
19 Oct 165226 Oct 16522Confirmed eruption
940Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
850Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
600Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
510 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
850 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4040 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Picos Fissural Volcanic System · No current eruption report · 350 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • João Paulo II AirportPortugal · PDL · LPPD
    5.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Nearby places

Ponta DelgadaPortugal · 4.5 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC