Algar do Carvão
protected area in Portugal
Facts
15 propertiesDesignation
- Instance of
- mountain, natural monument (1987–present)[4]
- Heritage designation
- Ramsar site[11]
Location
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 38.729°, -27.214°[8]
Period and style
- Inception
- 1987[6]
More facts +8
- Located in
- Azores
- Coordinates
- 🗺️ 38.729°, -27.214°
- IUCN protected areas category
- IUCN category III: Natural Monument or Feature[10]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity
- Ilha Terceira[15]
- Located in/on physical feature
- Terceira Island[9]
- Official name
- Algar do Carvão[12]
- Time of discovery or invention
- January 26, 1893[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Algar do Carvão
ja アルガル・ド・カルヴァン
pt Algar do carvão
ru Алгар-ду-Карван
🔖 Identifiers · 5
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Algar do Carvao, isla de Terceira, Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-25, DD 68-70 HDR.jpg ↗
- Atlas Obscura place ID
- algar-do-carvao-lava-tube
- Freebase ID
- /m/0411jrv
- OpenStreetMap node ID
- 512538639
- WDPA ID
- 396298
🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
Country 1
Heritage designation 1
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Located in/on physical feature 1
Location 1
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
Algar do Carvão is a mountain[1].