PARQUE NATURAL DO FOGO

No center of ilha do Fogo is located or vulc or that mark they hold all over ilha. Ilha do Fogo, cynical format, with approximately 25 km of the meter and about 2800m of altitude at sea level. Or vulc o, only one of the archipelago, defines or format of the only one, positioned itself to them. To original cratera, Caldeira shack, demarcated shells in semicircle that delimits or west side, Bordeira shawl. On the other hand, there are no two lava spills in virtue of tombaram da cratera em dire or ao mar.

The park occupies an area of 8,469 hectares and is located at the confluence of three municipalities: S or Filipe (1,861 ha: 22 of the Park), Santa Catarina (4,237 ha: 50 of the Park) and Mosteiros (2,370 ha : 28 of the Park). It is located in the central area of Ilha do Fogo e Abrange or Vulc or, in Cratera, on the edge of E, or Permetal Florestal de Monte Velha.

A maximum of 47 protected areas of Cape Verde raised in 2003, with the help of recovering and preserving the most specific spheres of collaborators or locals.

The park is located at 1500m above sea level, encompassing Vulc or, Cratera, Bordeira (inner zone of Cratera) and the Florestal perimeter of Monte Velha bem as ribeiras, vegeta or shrub and areas for traditional agriculture , elements that are combined giving origin to a paisagem mpar.

A Ilha do Fogo has a surface area of 476 km2, and is considered literally um vulc or that is still alive. Sua last eruption or foi em 1995 eo interior of sua Extense Cratera (8 ...