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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-06115

The Ilheus das Cabras islands are the remnants of a tuff cone located 2 km off the southern coast of Terceira Island.  Only the northern half of the tuff cone remains above sea level.  The cone has been eroded into two small islands separated by a narrow channel.  The crater of the tuff cone faces south and is obscured from this view taken west of Ponta da Cruz on the SE coast of Terceira. Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1980.

The Ilheus das Cabras islands are the remnants of a tuff cone located 2 km off the southern coast of Terceira Island. Only the northern half of the tuff cone remains above sea level. The cone has been eroded into two small islands separated by a narrow channel. The crater of the tuff cone faces south and is obscured from this view taken west of Ponta da Cruz on the SE coast of Terceira.

Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1980.

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