Where is teide located

Mount Teide is the third highest volcanic structure and most voluminous in the world after Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea in Hawaii. It is the highest peak on the Canary Islands and in the whole of Spain. The formation began , years ago following the giant collapse of the former volcanic edifice, which was even bigger than the one that stands today. Today we can only see part of the escarpment because as the inside of Teide grew, it gradually filled the caldera with its materials.

Teide National Park, located in the centre of the island of Tenerife, is the largest and oldest of the four national parks on the Canary Islands. From its surface area of km2 18, hectares , Mount Teide rises up to a height of 3, m, which makes it the highest peak in Spain. It was declared a National Park in and in it was awarded the top category of the European Diploma of Protected Areas.

It has two visitor centres, one in Portillo and the other in the Parador Nacional Hotel. All you need to know about the volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands. The image was taken by the Expedition 20 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. Lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet.

Caption by William L. Sinuous, channelized lava flows are the most striking volcanic features visible in this astronaut photo of Teide and Viejo Volcanoes on Tenerife Island. An overwhelming, spellbinding sight that takes the breath away with its colours and twisted forms.

Never has such a bleak landscape ascended to this level of beauty. This 3,metre volcano is surrounded by desert—austere but with a wild beauty that never fails to impress. This extraordinary landscape of volcanoes and unusual volcanic formations, with its astonishing contrasts and amazing natural phenomena, such as the sea of clouds, led Unesco to declare it a World Heritage Site in Teide is not merely the most visited national park in Spain and Europe.

Eruption followed eruption, and the successive layers of lava built up until they reached a height of 3, metres—which is why it is known as a stratovolcano.

This astounding natural amphitheatre measuring 15 kilometres in diameter—one of the largest calderas in the world—continued filling with material produced by various volcanic eruptions through the years, creating a landscape as indomitable as it is spectacular.

The wonderful, varied colouring is due to the materials and minerals in the rock: the whitish and yellow tints of the pumice stone, the reddish and black tones generated by the natural oxidisation from which the basalt stones of the lava fields are formed , and the black gleam of the obsidian.