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La Palma (Spanish: [la ˈpalma] ⓘ, locally [lɐ ˈpɑ(l)mɐ]), also known as La isla bonita (English: The Beautiful Island) and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, Spain, which is a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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La Palma, with 81,863 ... A map of the Canary Islands Hacha Grande, ... (La Palma) Four of Spain's thirteen national parks are located in the Canary Islands, more ...
Map of La Palma. Module:Location map/data/Spain La Palma is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of La Palma. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Caldera de Taburiente (La Palma Island). La Palma; La Palma is the most northwestern island of the archipelago and has an area of 708.33 km 2. It is 60 km northwest of La Gomera and has a triangular shape (approximately). The terrain of the island is quite mountainous, where volcanoes, mountain chains and valleys abound.
The last subaerial eruption in Spain, also on La Palma, was the 1971 Teneguía eruption, which asphyxiated a nearby photographer with its fumes. [20] The eruption also caused some property damage to roads, crops, and homes. [21] The last eruption of any kind in the Canaries was the 2011–2012 eruption of El Hierro, [22] a submarine volcano. [23]
Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-largest city (after Los Llanos de Aridane) and is the capital of the island. It is along an old lava flow coming from the Caldereta (small caldera), a volcano just south of the city. Santa Cruz de La Palma has the privilege of having the first democratically elected town hall in Spain.
The ecoregion covers an area of 4,693 km 2.The islands are mountainous and volcanic in origin. Teide on Tenerife reaches 3,718 m, Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma 2,426 m, Morro de la Agujereada on Gran Canaria 1,956 m, Pico de Malpaso on El Hierro 1,501 m, and Garajonay on La Gomera 1,487 m.