Highest peak of Spain (3718 m). This stratovolcano has formed in the caldera of Las Cañadas during the last 160,000 years.

Keywords

crater|caldera, high-mountain ecosystems, mountainscape, mountaintop, puna, stratovolcano, volcanism, Zonobiome III

Created

Thursday 22 May 2003 by Martin Mergili in Africa / Tenerife (2805 visits)