Madeira Island Magazine - May/June 2022
The dazzling "Flower Festival" opens the way for the return of Madeira's celebrations in early May. Between May and June, the events calendar is packed with music festivals such as the "Aleste Festival" and "Aqui Acolá Festival", as well as international sporting events such as "Ultra Skyrunning Madeira", "Trans Madeira" and the "Canyoning Madeira Meeting". Events such as the "Madeira Classic Car Revival" and other multicultural events of great local and tourist importance are planned such as the "Mercado Quinhentista", the "Festival do Atlântico", the "Festa da Cereja", the "Festas de São João" in Porto Santo and Calheta, as well as the "Festas de São Pedro" in Ribeira Brava and Câmara de Lobos, celebrations that will attract thousands of people to the Archipelago. In this edition you can also read about The Flower Festival and the 10 Flowers to discover in the Garden of the Atlantic; Porto Santo Beach; Leisure Areas in Calheta, Captain’s Tower Museum, Ponta do Garajau and much more. Come and celebrate with us and be infected by the spontaneous and traditional joy that the Madeiran people 'breathe' at these events.
The dazzling "Flower Festival" opens the way for the return of Madeira's celebrations in early May. Between May and June, the events calendar is packed with music festivals such as the "Aleste Festival" and "Aqui Acolá Festival", as well as international sporting events such as "Ultra Skyrunning Madeira", "Trans Madeira" and the "Canyoning Madeira Meeting". Events such as the "Madeira Classic Car Revival" and other multicultural events of great local and tourist importance are planned such as the "Mercado Quinhentista", the "Festival do Atlântico", the "Festa da Cereja", the "Festas de São João" in Porto Santo and Calheta, as well as the "Festas de São Pedro" in Ribeira Brava and Câmara de Lobos, celebrations that will attract thousands of people to the Archipelago.
In this edition you can also read about The Flower Festival and the 10 Flowers to discover in the Garden of the Atlantic; Porto Santo Beach; Leisure Areas in Calheta, Captain’s Tower Museum, Ponta do Garajau and much more.
Come and celebrate with us and be infected by the spontaneous and traditional joy that the Madeiran people 'breathe' at these events.
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geologia | Geology
Geossítio SC01 Geosite SC01
Ponta do Garajau
Geossítio SC01 —
Ponta do Garajau
Concelho: Santa Cruz
(freguesia do Caniço)
Área do local: 0,1 -10 ha
Coordenadas: 332°38’17.2’’
N 16°51’07.5’’ W
Altitude: 3 m
Acessibilidade: Fácil
Distância à estrada asfaltada
mais próxima: 100 m
Condições de observação: Boas
Ponta do Garajau apresenta
A grande diversidade geológica,
de valor científico elevado,
da qual se destaca o cone surtseiano
do Garajau. Trata-se de um cone de
tufos (tuff cone) formado por depósitos
de cinzas e blocos (de cor amarelada)
associados à atividade hidrovulcânica,
que alternam com depósitos de lapilli
e bombas (de cor negra avermelhada)
associados a fases de atividade
subaérea estromboliana. O cone foi
edificado sobre uma arriba litoral
previamente talhada numa sucessão de
derrames basálticos da Formação do
Funchal (Complexo Vulcânico Superior
— CVS 2). No local observam-se, ainda,
dois filões que terão alimentado as
fases mais tardias da erupção.
Fonte: geodiversidade.madeira.gov.pt
No dia 25 de junho Santa Cruz
celebra o seu 507º aniversário
enquanto concelho.
Geosite SC01 — Ponta
do Garajau
Municipality: Santa Cruz
Civil parish: Caniço
Location area: 0,1 -10 ha
Coordinates: 32°38’17.2’’ N 16°51’07.5’’ W
Altitude: 3 m
Accessibility: Easy
Distance to nearest paved road: 100 m
Conditions of observation: Good
onta do Garajau exhibits great
P geological diversity of high
scientific value, of which the
Garajau surtseian cone stands out. It is a
tuff cone formed by deposits of ash and
blocks (yellowish colour) associated with
hydrovolcanic activity, which alternate
with deposits of lapilli and bombs (reddish
black colour) associated with phases of
subaerial strombolian activity. The cone
was built on a coastal cliff previously
carved by a succession of basaltic spills of
the Funchal Formation (Superior Volcanic
Complex - CVS 2). At the site we can also
observe two dikes that would have fed the
later stages of the eruption.
Santa Cruz celebrates 507
years as a municipality on the
25 th of June.
18 Madeira Island Magazine | Maio - Junho 2022
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