The geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanic rock. The Canary Islands and some seamounts to the north-east form the Canary Volcanic Province...
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Gran Canaria (redirect from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)
also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest...
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The Canary Islands (/kəˈnɛəri/, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and...
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Lanzarote (redirect from Lanzarote, Canary Islands)
[lansaˈɾote]) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 125 kilometres (80 miles) off the north coast of Africa and 1,000...
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La Palma (redirect from Isla Bonita (Canary Islands))
bonita (English: The Beautiful Island) and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, Spain, which is...
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Macaronesia (redirect from Macaronesian Islands)
Fortunate Isles Geology of the Azores Geology of the Canary Islands Geology of Cape Verde Geology of Madeira Laurel forest List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean...
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material. Geology of the Canary Islands Geology of Cape Verde Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geology of Madeira. Geology portal Carracedo, Juan...
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The Canary hotspot, also called the Canarian hotspot, is a hotspot and volcanically active region centred on the Canary Islands located off the north-western...
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Caldera de Taburiente National Park (category Protected areas of the Canary Islands)
park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the Caldera de Taburiente, which dominates the northern part of the island, and was...
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Teide (category Mountains of the Canary Islands)
"Peak of Teide") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its summit (at 3,715 m (12,188 ft)) is the highest point in Spain and the highest...
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Tenerife (redirect from Tenerife, Canary Islands)
is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 42.9% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of 2,034...
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The Paps Geology of the Canary Islands Rivera et al. 2016. Carracedo, Juan Carlos; Troll, Valentin R. (2021-01-01), "North-East Atlantic Islands: The...
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Microscopic Petrography, McGraw-Hill, 1956 Carracedo, J. C. (2016). The geology of the Canary Islands. V. R. Troll. Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-12-809664-2...
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British Geological Survey: Rock Classification Scheme. 1: 1–52. 1999. Carracedo, J. C.; V. R. Troll (2016). The Geology of the Canary Islands. Amsterdam...
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El Hierro (redirect from El Hierro Island)
Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the second-smallest and farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic...
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processes. Geology of the Canary Islands Lists of volcanoes Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene...
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Timanfaya National Park (category Protected areas of the Canary Islands)
park in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It covers parts of the municipalities Tinajo and Yaiza. The area is 51...
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2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption (redirect from 2021 Canary Islands eruption)
An eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, comprising the southern half of the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, took place between...
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La Gomera (category Islands of the Canary Islands)
eight main islands. It belongs to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. La Gomera is the third least populous of the eight main Canary Islands, with 22...
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Teneguía (redirect from 1971 eruption of Teneguía)
on the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, and is located at the southern end of the sub-aerial section of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, of which...
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Roque Cinchado (category Sills (geology))
emblematic of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). It lies within the Teide National Park (a World Heritage Site) in the municipality of La Orotava...
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ISBN 978-1473601703. Carracedo, J. C. (Juan Carlos) (2016). The geology of the Canary Islands. Troll, V. R. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0128096642...
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Teide National Park (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The national park is centered on Mount Teide, the highest mountain of Spain (3,718 meters high) in addition, the highest...
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Pico Viejo (category Mountains of the Canary Islands)
the island of Tenerife in Canary Islands, Spain. It is the second highest peak of Tenerife and the Canary Islands (after the Teide), with a height of...
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Fuerteventura (redirect from Fuerteventura Island)
[ˌfweɾteβenˈtuɾa]) is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, geographically part of Macaronesia, and politically part of Spain. It is located 97 km...
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Cumbre Vieja (category Volcanoes of the Canary Islands)
volcanic ocean island located on the African Plate and is currently—along with Tenerife—one of the most volcanically active of the Canary Islands. Since about...
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(5 mi). The archipelago has been dated at approximately 180 million years old. Geology portal Africa portal Geology of the Canary Islands Geology of Madeira...
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History of the Canary Islands (French: Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries) is an illustrated reference work of the natural history of the Canary Islands. It...
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Canarian Spanish (redirect from Languages of the Canary Islands)
a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canary Islanders. Canarian Spanish heavily influenced the development of Caribbean Spanish...
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Bandama Caldera (category Volcanoes of the Canary Islands)
The Bandama Natural Monument is part of the Tafira Protected Landscape on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is considered a point...
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