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Flag of El Hierro. El Hierro (Spanish: [el ˈʝero] ⓘ), nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a population of 11,659 (2023). [2] [3] Its capital is Valverde. At 268.51 square kilometres ...
Hierro is a Spanish-French mystery drama television series, created by Pepe Coira. [1] It was produced by Movistar+, ARTE France, Portocabo and Atlantique Productions. [2] The first season was released on Movistar+ on 7 June 2019. [3] In September 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, [4] [5] and on 21 January 2021 a trailer was ...
The 2011–2012 El Hierro eruption occurred just off the island of El Hierro, the second smallest and farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. The island is also the youngest in the volcanic chain.
El Hierro Launch Centre (in Spanish: Centro de Lanzamiento Espacial de La Isla de El Hierro) is a proposed project by Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) to create a spaceport on the island of El Hierro, part of the Canary Islands. It would be located in the south of the island, in the area of Tacorón, 5 km from La Restinga.
The line of longitude running through El Hierro (Ferro), the westernmost of the Canary Islands, was known in European history as the prime meridian in common use outside of the future British Empire. Already in the 2nd century A.D., Ptolemy considered a definition of the zero meridian based on the westernmost position of the known world, [ 1 ...
La Frontera (Spanish for "the border") is a municipality in the northwestern part of the island El Hierro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. In 2007, the southern part of the territory of La Frontera was split off to form the new municipality of El Pinar.
The volcano was born upon an eruption that started on 10 October 2011, [3] at a location 1.8 km to the south of the island of El Hierro, [4] more specifically the settlement of La Restinga. [5] From an initial height of 355 m below sea level, the volcano reached a maximum height of about 88 m below sea level as reported in February 2012. [4]
Tanganasoga Tanganasoga view from the top. El Hierro is a 278.5 km 2 island, formed approx 1.2 million year ago [2] after three successive eruptions, the island emerged from the ocean as a triangle of basaltic dykes topped with a volcanic cone more than 2,000 metres high. [3]