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 FieldTimanfaya National ParkTimanfaya 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 TindayaMontaña de TindayaThe 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 AnagaMacizo de AnagaMacizo 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 ViejoTeideMount 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 ridgeCumbre ViejaCumbre 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 |