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Fogo is a volcanic island in the Cape Verde Islands. It is the most prominent of that group, rising to nearly 10,000 ft above sea level at its peak. The volcano has been historically active, last erupting in 1995. Its largest feature is a 9 km wide caldera, which has walls 1 km high. The caldera has a breach in its eastern rim, and a large peak rises in the centre. The central cone Pico forms the highest point of the island and its summit is about 100 m higher than the surrounding wall of the caldera. Lava from the volcano has reached the eastern coast of the island within historical times.
A small village, called Cha das Caldeiras, exists at the base of the volcano, and the residents are periodically evacuated during eruptions.
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