Tenerife

Mt. Teide

 This volcanic mountain, if measured from the ocean floor would be 7,500 m (24,600 ft) tall -
making it the highest volcano in the world, outside of the Hawaiian Islands.
While technically still active, its last pop was in 1909. 
The volcano and its surroundings comprise Teide National Park, which has an area of 18,900 hectares (47,000 acres).
 It was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 28, 2007.
Teide is the most visited natural wonder of Spain, the most visited national park in Spain and Europe, with some 3 million visitors yearly.

 




We visited the park in a so called Jeep Safari.
Never went off road and not comfortable - but a bit of fun.
The park includes many natural attractions.


  


Tenerife is a stratovolcano capped by Las Canadas, one of the most impressive calderas (craters) in the world.


The strange landscape inside the Canadas caldera has been used in feature films such as:
 Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, and Ten Commandments.


Geologists are still unsure how the caldera formed, 
Theories ranging from a volcanic explosion to collapse, landslips and erosion.


Los Roques De Garcia are the remains of a rim that separates two segments of the caldera floor.
The weird, twisted pinnacles of rock have names such as "Finger of God" and the "Cathedral."






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