Regional Natural Monument of Pedreira do Campo

Vila do Porto, Portugal · built 2004

The Regional Natural Monument of Pedreira do Campo (Monumento Natural Regional da Pedreira do Campo), which singularly translated means field quarry, is an area located west of Pico do Facho and Ponta do Figueiral, in the civil parish and municipality of Vila do Porto, on the island of Santa Maria in the Eastern Group of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Along with other sites in Santa Maria, Pedreira do Campo is an area known for the discovery of oceanic fossils, which has allowed a specific assessment of the age of the island.

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