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Its summit (at 3,715 m (12,188 ft)) [1] [a] is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. If measured from the ocean floor, its height of 7,500 m (24,600 ft) makes Teide the third-highest volcano in the world, [ 8 ] UNESCO and NASA rank it as Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure.
Mount Guajara from Roques de García. Mount Guajara is a 2,718 m (8,917 ft) high mountain on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.It is the third highest peak of the island and of the Canary archipelago, after Teide and Pico Viejo.
The park has a small chapel dedicated to the Virgen de las Nieves which is the highest Christian church in Spain. Tenerife was the place where L. Ron Hubbard (founder of the Church of Scientology ) called picked "OT-III materials" , according to this doctrine one of the volcanoes which were cast the "thetans" 75 million years ago is the Teide ...
Tenerife is the tallest of the islands, with the volcanic peak jetting more than 12,000 feet above sea level, making it a great spot for deep-space telescopes and visitors interested in general ...
Teide, at 3715 m is the highest peak of Spain. Mulhacén, at 3478,6 m is the highest mountain of the Iberian Peninsula. Pico Aneto, 3404 m, the highest of Pyrenees Pico Almanzor, at 2592 m is the highest of Sistema Central. Pico de Peñalara, 2428 m, the highest of Sierra de Guadarrama La Sagra, at 2383 m is the highest mountain of the ...
Its flat summit on the eastern flank of the Pico del Teide above the edge mountains of the Las Cañadas basin at a height of 2,748 m (9,016 ft). [1] This makes the Montaña Blanca the third highest peak in Tenerife after the Pico del Teide (3,718 m (12,198 ft)) and the Pico Viejo (3,135 m (10,285 ft)).
The Dorsal mountain ridge or Dorsal of Pedro Gil covers the area from the start at Mount La Esperanza, at a height of about 750 m (2,461 ft), to the center of the island, near the Caldera de Las Cañadas, with Izaña, as its highest point at 2,390 m (7,841 ft) . These mountains have been created due to basaltic fissural volcanism through one of ...
Teide Cableway (Spanish: Teleférico del Teide) is an aerial tramway that goes up Mount Teide, the highest peak in Spain, located in Teide National Park in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Starting at the base station at 2,356 metres (7,730 ft) above sea level, it ascends to the top station at 3,555 m (11,663 ft) in eight minutes, at a maximum speed ...