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Lake · Azores

Lagoa das Sete Cidades

260 m853 ft
Area
3.56 km²
Tonight
18°CFair · Wind 9 km/h SW

Lagoa das Sete Cidades is a lake at 260 m above sea level in Azores, Portugal, 3.56 km² in area and 2.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
260 m
Length
2.7 km
Shoreline
9.8 km
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Lake

Lagoa das Sete Cidades in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.7 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
9.8 km≈2½ h to walk around
3D map

Lagoa das Sete Cidades 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.7 × 4.7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lagoa das Sete Cidades terrain and contours

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lagoa das Sete Cidades elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lagoa das Sete Cidades weather

Tonight · Fair · 18°C (64°F) · Wind 9 km/h SW

Lagoa das Sete Cidades forecast for about 260 m.

  • Tonight18°–9 km/h SW
  • Sat18°21°1.1 mm24 km/h SW
  • Sun19°21°2.1 mm43 km/h SW
  • Mon16°19°3.4 mm41 km/h SW
  • Tue18°18°1.5 mm31 km/h SE
  • Wed18°20°24.7 mm34 km/h SW
  • Thu16°19°0.9 mm23 km/h N
  • Fri16°17°–24 km/h NE
  • Sat16°18°–19 km/h NE
  • Sun17°18°41.8 mm25 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lagoa das Sete Cidades

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lagoa das Sete Cidades, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Merendário da Volta do Salto

    0.5 km SE · +2 more within 0.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Parque de Campismo das Sete Cidades

    0.5 km WSW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km WSW
Parking0.5 km WSW
Merendário da Volta do SaltoParking0.5 km SE
Parque de Campismo das Sete CidadesCampsite0.5 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.7 × 4.7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
61.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
27.5%
Steep, 30–45°
8.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.1%
Steeper than 30°
11.5% of the 22 km² view
Relief in view
654 m low point 185 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.4%Grassland 22.0%Water 18.8%Cropland 2.3%Built-up 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.3 km; 363 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Azores Chaffinch180
  • Mallard148
  • Kahili ginger105
  • Muscovy Duck88
  • Mophead hydrangea88
  • Grey Wagtail72
Where it sits

Where Lagoa das Sete Cidades sits

Region
Azores10Portugal19Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia