Vulcão da Urzelina

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Vulcão da Urzelina is a volcano near the civil parish of Urzelina, Velas municipality, São Jorge Island, Azores. It erupted in May and June 1808, causing destruction and over 30 deaths in Urzelina and producing a basalt field of volcanic rock extending to the Ponta da Urzelina. The eruption was the last sub-aerial event observed in the Azores; most recent eruptions have occurred along submarine vents, with the Capelinhos eruption (1957–58) starting as a submarine eruption (that eventually grew into a sub-aerial event) and the 1998–2001 Serreta eruption being exclusively submarine (never breaking the surface). Bocas de Fogo or Bocas de Fogo da Urzelina is a colloquial name of the volcano used only locally, but it is neither used in science nor in administrative maps.

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