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Morenos

The island's western point, at once a shaded picnic area and geosite. The cliff exposes a network of volcanic dykes ranging from volcanic, witnesses to several phases of magma rise, some with column-shaped cracking. Above them, orange-yellow recent dune sandstones carry palaeosols and rhizoconcretions: calcified roots proving that vegetation grew here about 30,000 years ago. Fossils of land snails are also found, including endemic species now extinct. The tarmac road passes 6 m away.

  • Geosite
  • Picnic area
  • Volcanic dykes
  • 30,000-year dune sandstones
Altitude
104 m
Price
Free
Crowds
Moderate
GPS
33.03933, -16.39380
🧭 How to get there
The place stands 1,206 m from the sítio of Ponta, the nearest one (Porto Santo).
📖 History and nature
At Zimbralinho, the island's finest pillow lavas, frozen under water. At Morenos, lava dykes, 30,000-year-old fossil dunes with their root casts, and the shells of snails now extinct.
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  • Zimbralinho and Morenos — Pillow lavas born under the sea

    At Zimbralinho, the island's finest pillow lavas, frozen under water. At Morenos, lava dykes, 30,000-year-old fossil dunes with their root casts, and the shells of snails now extinct.

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