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Teide is located on Tenerife, the largest island of the Canary Islands, situated in the Atlantic Ocean, 290 km (180 mi) northwest of the coast of Western Sahara. The volcano is located in a central position on the Tenerife island. Administratively, the Canary Islands are a Spanish autonomous community.
Basalt columns seen on Porto Santo Island, Portugal. Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of having been artificially constructed.
Canary Islands (top-left, ringed in red) in relation to Africa Map of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are a 450 km-long (280 mi), east-west aligned archipelago of volcanic islands in the eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean, 100–500 km (60–310 mi) off the coast of Northwest Africa. [5]
The isolated [22] seamount lies about halfway between the Canary Islands and Cape Verde, 480 kilometres (260 nmi) west of the Western Sahara [4] and on the upper continental rise. [5] It is a 42 by 37 kilometres (26 mi × 23 mi) wide guyot [ 1 ] with the shape described as a diamond [ 5 ] or of a square and a summit area with a four-point star ...
Canary Islands (Canary hotspot) [18] Cape Verde (Cape Verde hotspot) ... Possibly related to the Columbia River Basalt Group (17–14 Ma). [23] Raton hotspot (32)
Cotyledon orbiculata: on eroded basalt cliffs (south-east facing) next to the Ts'ehlanyane river; Crassula cf. natalensis: small succulent (200 mm (7.9 in)) on damp rocks next to the Lets'a-le-ts'o trail; Crassula sarcocaulis: on eroded basalt cliffs (south-east facing) next to the Ts'ehlanyane river; Diascia cf. barberae
On the land, the fynbos surrounding the lagoon is home to Southern black korhaan, Cape spurfowl, Grey-winged francolin, Cape penduline and Grey tit, Ant-eating chat, White-throated and Yellow canary, Karoo lark, Chestnut-vented warbler, Bokmakierie and Cape bunting, which are all easily seen.
Mokala National Park is a reserve established in the Plooysburg area south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa on 19 June 2007. [1] The size of the park is 26,485 hectares.