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Canary Islands


Lanzarote

*Caldera Blanca *Cerro Tegoyo *Guanapay *Massif of Marissa *Massif of Los Ajaches *Montaña de El Golfo *Montaña Negra *Pico Colorado * Timanfaya Volcanic Field * Volcan of La Corona


Fuerteventura

*Caldera Los Arrabales *Calderón Hondo *Lobos Island Volcanic Field *Massif of Betancuria *Massif of Haler *Montaña Blanca *Montaña de La Arena *Montaña de la Raya *
Montaña de Tindaya The Montaña de Tindaya is a mountain in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It was considered a sacred place by the pre-colonial local population, and is also known as the Sacred Mountain ( es, ...
*Volcanes de Babuyo *Vulcan de Jacomar


Gran Canaria

* Bandama Caldera *Caldera de los Marteles * Caldera de Tejeda *Caldera de Tirajana *Haler de Arinaga *La Isleta volcanic field *Massif of Güigüi *Massif of Tamadaba *Montaña de Arucas *Montaña de Gáldar *Montañón Negro * Pico de las Nieves *Stratovolcano of Roque Nublo


Tenerife

* Alto de Guajara * Caldera of Las Canadas * Massif of Anaga * Malpaís de Güímar * Massif of Teno * Montana de Las Arenas * Pedro Gil ridge *
Teide Teide, or Mount Teide, ( es, El Teide, Pico del Teide, , "Peak of Teide") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its summit (at ) is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the List of islands in th ...
* Teno ridge * Travejo Volcano * Vulcan of Arafo * Vulcan of Chahorra * Vulcan Chinyero * Vulcan of Fasnia


La Gomera

* Roque de Agando


La Palma

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Caldera de Taburiente Caldera de Taburiente National Park ( es, Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente) is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the Caldera de Taburiente, which dominates the northern part of the island ...
* Cumbre Nueva *
Cumbre Vieja The Cumbre Vieja (; meaning "Old Summit") is an active volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The spine of Cumbre Vieja trends in an approximate north–south direction, comprising the southern half of La Palma, ...
*Duraznero Volcano *Hoyo Negro *Pico Birigoyo *Volcan de Fuencaliente *Volcán San Juan *Vulcan of San Antonio *Vulcan of Martín *Vulcan of El Charco * Tajogaite * Teneguía


El Hierro

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Pico de Malpaso Pico de Malpaso (English: "difficult step peak") is the highest point on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain. Geography The summit rises at the centre of the island on the border between Frontera and El Pinar de El Hierro mu ...
* Tagoro * Tanganosoga *Vulcan of Lomo Negro


Mainland Spain

There are several volcanic areas in mainland Spain, such as: * Cabo de Gata,
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Campo de Calatrava Campo de Calatrava is a comarca in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. It takes its name from the Order of Calatrava, a military order which held territory in the area from the time when it was on the border between Christian and Muslim Spain. A '' Deno ...
, Ciudad Real * Cofrentes,
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Columbretes Islands The Columbretes Islands ( ca-valencia, Les Columbretes, or ''Els Columbrets'' (), are a group of small uninhabited islets of volcanic origin, in the Mediterranean Sea, off Orpesa. Administratively they belong to Castellón de la Plana in the Va ...
, Castellón * Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park,
Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capital ...
* Campo de Cartagena, Cartagena (Upper Miocene) **Isla Grosa, in the Mediterranean east of La Manga del Mar Menor **Cerro del Calnegre and Monteblanco, on La Manga del Mar Menor **Isla Mayor o del Barón, Isla Perdiguera, Isla del Ciervo, Isla Rondella o Redonda and Isla del Sujeto in the Mar Menor **El Carmolí, on the landward coast of the Mar Menor. **Cabezo Beaza, Cabezo de la Fraila and Cabezo Ventura, on the eastern edge of Cartagena **Volcán Aljorra, northwest of Cartagena **Cabezo Negro de Tallante, Pico Cebolla and Los Pérez, west-northwest of Cartagena


Garrotxa Volcanic Zone

There are 40 volcanoes at the ''
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Garrotxa Garrotxa () is a comarca (county) in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Its population in 2016 was 55,999, more than half of them in the capital city of Olot. It is roughly equivalent to the historical County of Besalú. Geography Garrotxa borders ...
, 38 of which are part of the Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park.EL VULCANISME A CATALUNYA
/ref> * Volcà de la Canya * Volcà d’Aiguanegra * Volcà de Repàs * Volcà de Repassot * Volcà del Cairat * Volcà de Claperols * Volcà del Puig de l’Ós * Volcà del Puig de l’Estany * Volcà del Puig de Bellaire * Volcà de Gengí * Volcà del Bac de les Tries * Volcà de les Bisaroques * Volcà de la Garrinada * Volcà del Montsacopa * Volcà de Montolivet * Volcà de Can Barraca * Volcà del Puig Astrol * Volcà de Pujalós * Volcà del Puig de la Garsa * Volcà del Croscat * Volcà de Cabrioler * Volcà del Puig Jordà * Volcà del Puig de la Costa * Volcà del Puig de Martinyà * Volcà del Puig de Mar * Volcà de Santa Margarida * Volcà de Comadega * Volcà del Puig Subià * Volcà de Rocanegra * Volcà de Simon * Volcà del Pla sa Ribera * Volcà de Sant Jordi * Volcà del Racó * Volcà de Fontpobra * Volcà de la Tuta de Colltort * Volcà de Can Tià * Volcà de Sant Marc * Volcà del Puig Roig * Volcà del Traiter * Volcà de les Medes Additionally, there are at least seven other volcanoes located in the Province of Girona: * Volcà de la Crosa de Sant Dalmai * Volcà del Puig d’Adri * El Rocàs * Volcà del Clot de l’Omera * Volcà del Puig de la Banya del Boc * Volcà de Granollers de Rocacorba * Puig Montner


Major eruptions

Notes :1 Only eruptions with established and documented references that describe eruptive processes.


See also

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Geology of the Canary Islands The geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanic rock. The Canary Islands and some seamounts to the north-east form the Canary Volcanic Province whose volcanic history started about 70 million years ago. The Canary Islands region ...
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Lists of volcanoes These lists cover volcanoes by type and by location. Type * List of extraterrestrial volcanoes * List of largest volcanic eruptions * List of shield volcanoes * List of stratovolcanoes * List of subglacial volcanoes * List of submarine volca ...


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Volcanic areas in Spain
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Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...