AZORES - Lagoa da Furnas

A great card from Sara shows Lagoa das Furnas. She wrote: 'This is a view from one of the local lagoons, we have several in the Azores.  It is a volcanic formation, 600 mt above sea level and its surrounded by hot springs, some of which you can bathe in all year round.'  Thanks Sara!

"The Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the North Atlantic Ocean about 1,360 km west of continental Portugal, about 880 km northwest of Madeira, about 1,925 km southeast of Newfoundland, and about 6,392 km northeast of Brazil. Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming (for cheese and butter products primarily), livestock ranching, fishing, and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region."

The Lagoa das Furnas is a pond Portuguese, located on the island Azores in São Miguel, Azores, in the town of Furnas, municipality of Vila da Povoação and is related to the volcanic Furnas. It lies at an elevation of altitude of around 600 meters."

The postcard was not duly cancelled by the postal authority.