Furnas Village fumarole (Azores, Portugal)

Furnas Village fumarolic area, Azzorre

Volcano: Furnas (see Furnas at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab)
Type: Fumarole
Description: Furnas Village is the largest fumarolic field in the Furnas caldera. Several moderate to large fumaroles are active within an area of several hundred square meters. “Caldeira Grande” and “Caldeira do Asmodeu” are the main hydrothermal vent manifestations (CG and CdA).


Point of contact for this site:
Fatima Viveiros, Maria.FB.Viveiros@azores.gov.pt (Centro de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos Geológicos Universidade dos Açores )

Number of measurements: 2
Measurement date (d/m/y) Added by Added on
Furnas village CdA_2208201422/8/2014 Emanuela Bagnato Nov. 22, 2016
Furnas village CG_2208201422/8/2014 Emanuela Bagnato Nov. 22, 2016


Bibliographic references for this site

Pedone, M., Viveiros,F., Aiuppa, A., Giudice, G., Grassa,F., Gagliano,A.L., Francofonte, V. and Ferreira, T., 2015,Total (fumarolic + diffuse soil) CO2 output from Furnas volcano, Earth, Planets and Space , vol.67, n.174, pp. 1-12, DOI: 10.1186/s40623-015-0345-5


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