Teneguía
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Teneguía | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 428 m (1,404 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 28°28′18″N 17°51′7″W / 28.47167°N 17.85194°W |
Geography | |
Location | La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Cinder cone[2] |
Last eruption | October 26 to November 28, 1971 [3] |
Teneguía (Spanish pronunciation: [teneˈɣia]) is a monogenetic cinder cone – a volcanic vent which has been active once (in 1971) and has had further seismic activity.[2] It is situated 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 Teneguía is just one of several vents.[4]
1971 eruption
This vent was the source of a
volcanic eruption
in Spain, which occurred from October 26 to November 28, 1971.
tourists and forms part of the Monumento Natural de Los Volcanes de Teneguía.[7] Until the 2011–12 El Hierro eruption, this was the last volcanic eruption in Spain, and until the 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
, the last volcanic eruption in Spain on land.
See also
- 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption
- 2011–12 El Hierro eruption
- 1949 Cumbre Vieja eruption
- Geology of the Canary Islands
References
- ^ "Peakbagger". Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ a b "La Palma". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "La Palma: Eruptive History". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ISBN 978-0-08-102909-1, retrieved 2021-06-14
- ^ "Teneguía, 1971: así fue la última erupción volcánica terrestre en España". El País (in Spanish). 19 September 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "El volcan Teneguía causo daños por valor de seis millones de pesetas" (PDF). La Vanguardia Española (in Spanish): 12. 15 April 1972. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "The Geology of the Canary Islands - 1st Edition". www.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
Further reading
Scarth, Alwyn; Tanguy, Jean-Claude (2001). Volcanoes of Europe. ISBN 0-19-521754-3.
External links
- Film of the Teneguía eruption in 1971 (Noticiarios NO-DO: "Volcanes de la isla de La Palma") - by RTVE/Filmoteca Española, 15 November 1971.
- Photos of the Teneguía eruption in 1971 (Fotos de la erupción volcánica de Teneguía) – Instituto Geográfico Nacional