Pico Mountain is the highest point of Portugal and the youngest and biggest polygenetic volcano of the Azores, rising about 3,500 m from the surrounding seafloor. At 2,250 m altitude, Piquinho driblet cone is nested inside a 550 m diameter pit crater and both are affected by a late eruptive fissure.

Volcanic Landscape of Pico Island One of Portugal’s 7 Natural Wonders.