Fayal, Portugal

Stratovolcano · 1,041 m (3,415 ft) · Azores

Fayal is a stratovolcano in Portugal, 1,041 m (3,415 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1900 to 1963. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 3 people where the toll is counted.

Fayal on the map

Fayal and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Stratovolcano
Elevation: 1,041 m (3,415 ft)
Country: Portugal
Region: Azores
Summit: 38.576° N, 28.713° W
Last known eruption: 1900 to 1963
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 382010

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

April 24, 1672VEI 2 · 3 deaths

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.