Lanzarote volcano

Updated: Jul 3, 2022 13:41 GMT - Refresh

shield volcano 670 m
Canary Islands (Spain), 29.01°N / -13.75°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)

Last update: 11 Mar 2022

The 60-km-long island of Lanzarote at the NE end of the Canary Islands contains the largest concentration of youthful volcanism in the Canaries.

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Typical eruption style: Explosive
Lanzarote volcano eruptions: 1824
Lastest nearby earthquakes: No recent earthquakes

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Background

Pleistocene-and-Holocene cinder cones and lava flows erupted along NE-SW-trending fissures are found throughout the low-altitude arid island and on smaller islands to the north. The largest historical eruption of the Canary Islands took place during 1730-36, when long-term eruptions from a NE-SW-trending fissure formed the Montañas del Fuego and produced voluminous lava flows that covered about 200 sq km. The lava flows reached the western coast along a broad, 20-km-wide front. The villages of Maretas and Santa Catalina were destroyed, along with the most fertile valleys and estates of the arid island. An eruption during 1824 produced a much smaller lava flow that reached the SW coast. Source: Smithsonian GVP

Lanzarote Photos

The salinas del Rio on Lanzarote (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

The cinder cones of Mña de Los Dolores at Tajaste/Lanzarote (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Inside a lava tube near the Caldera Blanca on Lanzarote. In the photo also Aurélien Douvert. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Our new team member Aurélien Douvert on the way to the Caldera Blanca on Lanzarote (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

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Lanzarote volcano tours:

Europe's Volcanic Outpost (Walking and study tour to the Canary Islands: Lanzarote, La Palma, El Hierro and Tenerife)

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