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The Cueva de Don Justo (or Cave of Don Justo) is one of approximately 70 caves and volcanic galleries on the island of El Hierro in the Canaries. [1]The Cueva de Don Justo is over 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) in length, [1] the cave is located in the El Lajial pahoehoe lava field near the Orchilla lighthouse in the south of El Hierro, it is a wild cave that extends around the Irama mountain (also ...
Salt caves - caves formed within rock salt by dissolution. [13] Fracture caves - caves formed in the fractures inside a larger rock unit. [14] Glacial caves - caves formed within glacial ice. [15] Lava caves - caves formed in volcanic rock. [16] Lava tubes - primary caves formed as lava conduits during volcanic eruptions. [17]
The cave lies within the Monumento Natural del Malpaís de La Corona, a protected area of the Canary Islands. [1] The cave was created around 3,000 years ago by lava flows erupting from the nearby volcano Monte Corona, flowing across the Malpaís de la Corona toward the sea. As in all lava tubes, the top of a lava stream cooled and developed a ...
The Guanche language word jameo refers to a large opening in a lava tube, which is formed when parts of the roof collapse. Both Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes are located inside the volcanic tube created by the eruption of the Monte Corona volcano. The tube is 6 km long, of which at least 1.5 km is located below sea surface, and is ...
Grotta del Gelo ("Cave of Frost") is a volcanic cave of Mount Etna which is known for the presence of a large amount of ice. The cave formed in 1614–1624 during a large eruption of the volcano, inside one of the lava flows produced during that eruption. Within the two subsequent decades, ice grew and accumulated in the cave.
A lava cave is any cave formed in volcanic rock, though it typically means caves formed by volcanic processes, which are more properly termed volcanic caves. Sea caves , and other sorts of erosional and crevice caves, may be formed in volcanic rocks, but through non-volcanic processes and usually long after the volcanic rock was emplaced.
The cave itself is located in a heavily forested volcanic landscape two kilometers north of Corinto, and is approximately 60 meters wide, 30 meters in height, and 20 meters deep, with multiple chambers. There are around 200 pictographs within the cave, each of varying colors, including red, ochre, black, green, yellow, and white.
Nevado de Toluca (Spanish: [neˈβaðo ðe toˈluka] ⓘ) is a stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. The volcano and the area around it is now a national park.