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La Palma is a 2024 Netflix miniseries inspired by the Cumbre Vieja tsunami hazard hypothesis and partially based on the 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The series, primarily filmed on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, [ 4 ] also includes scenes shot in Tenerife . [ 5 ]
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 Men").
Los Cancajos is a small tourist resort in the Canarian island of La Palma. Its resident population is 713 (2013). [ 1 ] It is located in the municipality of Breña Baja on the east coast of La Palma, between the island capital, Santa Cruz de La Palma , and La Palma Airport .
La Laguna (also known until recently as Tajuya de abajo or La Laguna de Tajuya) is a town and neighbourhood of Los Llanos de Aridane, in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It was significantly affected by a lava flow from the 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption , which destroyed hundreds of houses in the town.
In 1995, continuous observations of North Atlantic right whale, being considered as functionally extinct in eastern North Atlantic were made, [4] followed by another possible sighting off La Gomera between 1998 and 1999. [5] The Canary Islands were also formerly home to a population of the rarest pinniped in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal.
The reason for this abundance is due to the characteristics of the particular ecosystem between the beach and La Barra. Bonnemaisonia hamifera is a type of red algae, within the phylum Rhodophyta, endemic to Playa de Las Canteras that does not occur anywhere else in the Canary Islands. It is a species that has two forms throughout its life ...
This is a list of islands of Costa Rica. There are about 79 islands in Costa Rica. [1] ... Isla Palma: 20.5 km 2 (7.9 sq mi) Isla Zelda: 4.20 km 2 (1.62 sq mi)
San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 9,584 in 2023, [3] and the area is 113.59 square kilometres (43.86 sq mi). [1] The port serves ferry routes to the islands of Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro. Streets include Calle Real and ...