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The Cumbre Vieja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkumbɾe ˈβjexa]; meaning "Old Summit") is an active volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. [4] The spine of Cumbre Vieja trends in an approximate north–south direction, comprising the southern half of La Palma, with both summit ridge and flanks pockmarked by dozens of craters and cones. [5]
Volcanic vents on La Palma have sometimes been named after the saint of the day they erupted. In this case, the saint would be Saint Januarius (san Genaro). [107] This painting by Mattia Preti depicts his beheading with Vesuvius in eruption as a background. The eruption source is a new vent of the Cumbre Vieja dorsal.
La Palma, like the other islands of the Canary Islands archipelago, is a volcanic ocean island. The volcano rises almost 7 km (4 mi) above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean . [ 6 ] There is road access from sea level to the summit at 2,426 m (7,959 ft), [ 7 ] which is marked by an outcrop of rocks called Roque de Los Muchachos ("Rock of the Young ...
A six-kilometer black lava scar crossing Spain's La Palma island remains as testimony to the three-month-long volcano eruption that may have left no casualties but did wreak havoc in the lives of ...
The Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma continued to spew lava on October 13, as the number of people displaced by the eruption reached 6,8000, according to El Pais.This footage, posted to ...
The Cumbre Vieja volcano lies on the southern third of La Palma (Canary Islands) and rises about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) [1] above sea level and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) above the seafloor. [31] It is the fastest growing volcano in the archipelago and thus dangerous in terms of collapses and landslides. [ 7 ]
The Cumbre Vieja volcano has remained active, ejecting lava and ash onto the Spanish island of La Palma on Tuesday, October 19, a month after the initial eruptions began.This footage filmed by the ...
A survey of 1,026 people who visited La Palma during the 2021 eruption indicated that most of the tourists came from the other Canarian islands and that the erupting volcano had become the island's main tourist attraction, with 64.3% of survey respondents stating that their reason for visiting La Palma was to witness the volcanic eruption.