List of volcanoes in Spain
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Canary Islands

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura , a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20' north, 14°00' west. At 1,660 km² it is the second largest of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife...

 
812 1735 28.358°N 14.02°W Holocene
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands, with a population of 838,397 which constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago...

 
1949 6398 28.00°N 15.58°W 20 BC
Hierro  1501 4920 27.73°N 18.03°W 2011
La Palma
La Palma
La Palma is the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands...

 
2426 6394 28.58°N 17.83°W 1971
Lanzarote
Lanzarote
Lanzarote , a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands...

 
670 2060 29.03°N 13.63°W 1824
Tenerife
Tenerife
Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...

 
3718 12,188 28.27°N 16.64°W 1909

Lanzarote

  • Caldera Blanca
  • Guanapay
  • Massif of Famara
  • Massif of Los Ajaches
  • Montaña de El Golfo
  • Montaña del Fuego
  • Montaña Negra
  • Pico Colorado
  • Timanfaya Volcanic Field
    Timanfaya National Park
    Timanfaya National Park or Parque Nacional de Timanfaya is a Spanish national park covering the municipalities of southern portion of Tinajo and the northern portion of Yaiza in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote. The area is...

  • Volcan of La Corona

Fuerteventura

  • Lobos's Island volcanic field
  • Massif of Betancuria
  • Massif of Jandía
  • Montaña de La Arena
  • Montaña de Tindaya
    Montaña de Tindaya
    The Montaña de Tindaya is a mountain located in the Spanish island of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It was considered a sacred place by the pre-Spanish local population, and is also known as the Sacred Mountain today.-References:...

  • Vulcan of Jacomar

Gran Canaria

  • Caldera of Bandama
  • Caldera of Tejeda
  • La Isleta volcanic field
  • Massif of Gugüy
  • Massif of Tamadaba
  • Montaña de Arinaga
  • Montaña de Arucas
  • Montaña de Gáldar
  • Montañón Negro
  • Stratovolcano of Roque Nublo

Tenerife

  • Caldera of Las Cañadas
  • Massif of Anaga
    Macizo de Anaga
    Macizo de Anaga is a mountain range in the northeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The highest point is 1,024 m . It extends to the Punta de Anaga in the northeast up to Cruz del Carmen in the southwest. Anaga features the mountain points of Bichuelo, Anambro,...

  • Massif of Teno
  • Montaña de Las Arenas
  • Pedro Gil ridge
  • Stratovolcano Teide-Pico Viejo
    Teide
    Mount Teide , is a volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Its summit is the highest point in Spain, the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic, and it is the third highest volcano in the world measured from its base on the ocean floor, after Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea located in...

  • Teno ridge
  • Vulcan of Arafo
  • Vulcan of Chahorra
  • Vulcan Chinyero
  • Vulcan of Fasnia

La Palma

  • Cumbre Vieja ridge
    Cumbre Vieja
    Cumbre Vieja is an active volcanic ridge on the volcanic ocean island of Isla de La Palma in the Canary Islands.This ridge trends in an approximate north-south direction and covers the southern third of the island. It is lined by several volcanic craters....

  • Northern ancient massif
  • Vulcan of Fuencaliente
  • Vulcan of El Charco
  • Vulcan of San Juan
  • Vulcan of San Antonio
  • Vulcan of San Martin
  • Vulcan of Tacande
  • Vulcan of Tajuya
  • Vulcan of Teneguía

Mainland Spain

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Olot Volcanic Field
Olot Volcanic Field
The Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park is a natural park area covering a Holocene volcanic field in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. The volcanos, of which there are about forty within the park, are no longer active, with the last eruption occurring about 11,000 years ago...

893 2930 42.17°N 2.53°E Holocene
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