List of volcanoes in Spain

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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Spain.

Canary Islands

Teneguía was the source of the last volcanic eruption in 1971 on Spanish soil until 2021.

Name	Elevation		Location	Last eruption
Name	meters	feet	Coordinates	Last eruption
Fuerteventura	812	2664	28°21′29″N 14°01′12″W / 28.358°N 14.02°W / 28.358; -14.02	4000-5000 BC
Gran Canaria	1949	6398	28°00′N 15°35′W / 28.00°N 15.58°W / 28.00; -15.58	20 BC
El Hierro	1501	4920	27°44′N 18°02′W / 27.73°N 18.03°W / 27.73; -18.03	2011
La Palma	2426	6394	28°35′N 17°50′W / 28.58°N 17.83°W / 28.58; -17.83	2021^[1]
Lanzarote	670	2198	29°02′N 13°38′W / 29.03°N 13.63°W / 29.03; -13.63	1824
Tenerife	3718	12,188	28°16′N 16°38′W / 28.27°N 16.64°W / 28.27; -16.64	1909

Lanzarote

Caldera Blanca
Cerro Tegoyo
Guanapay
Massif of Marissa
Massif of Los Ajaches
Montaña de El Golfo
Montaña Negra
Pico Colorado
Timanfaya Volcanic Field
Volcan of La Corona

Fuerteventura

Caldera Los Arrabales
Calderón Hondo
Lobos Island Volcanic Field
Massif of Betancuria
Massif of Haler
Montaña Blanca
Montaña de La Arena
Montaña de la Raya
Montaña de Tindaya
Volcanes de Babuyo
Vulcan de Jacomar

Gran Canaria

Bandama Caldera
Caldera de los Marteles
Caldera de Tejeda
Caldera de Tirajana
Haler de Arinaga
La Isleta volcanic field
Massif of Güigüi
Massif of Tamadaba
Montaña de Arucas
Montaña de Gáldar
Montañón Negro
Pico de las Nieves
Stratovolcano of Roque Nublo

Tenerife

La Gomera

Roque de Agando

La Palma

Caldera de Taburiente
Cumbre Nueva
Cumbre Vieja
Duraznero Volcano
Hoyo Negro
Pico Birigoyo
Volcan de Fuencaliente
Volcán San Juan
Vulcan of San Antonio
Vulcan of Martín
Vulcan of El Charco
Tajogaite
Teneguía

El Hierro

Pico de Malpaso
Tagoro
Tanganosoga
Vulcan of Lomo Negro

Mainland Spain

There are several volcanic areas in mainland Spain, such as:^[2]

Cabo de Gata, Almería
Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real
Cofrentes, Valencia
Columbretes Islands, Castellón
Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park, Girona
Campo de Cartagena, Cartagena (Upper Miocene)
- Isla Grosa, in the Mediterranean east of La Manga del Mar Menor
- Cerro del Calnegre and Monteblanco, on La Manga del Mar Menor
- Isla Mayor o del Barón, Isla Perdiguera, Isla del Ciervo, Isla Rondella o Redonda and Isla del Sujeto in the Mar Menor
- El Carmolí, on the landward coast of the Mar Menor.
- Cabezo Beaza, Cabezo de la Fraila and Cabezo Ventura, on the eastern edge of Cartagena
- Volcán Aljorra, northwest of Cartagena
- Cabezo Negro de Tallante, Pico Cebolla and Los Pérez, west-northwest of Cartagena

Aerial view of the Croscat volcano.

Aerial view of the Santa Margarida Volcano.

Montolivet Volcano in Olot.

Garrinada Volcano in Olot.

Garrotxa Volcanic Zone

There are 40 volcanoes at the comarca of the Garrotxa, 38 of which are part of the Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Located outside the Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park.

Additionally, there are at least seven other volcanoes located in the Province of Girona:^[3]

Major eruptions

**Historical eruptions in the Canary Islands**^[4]
Year¹	Name/Volcano	Island	Eruption/Cessation date	Duration (days)
1430/1440	Tacande o Montaña Quemada	La Palma	?	?
1492	Eruption of Colón	Tenerife	?	?
1585	Tehuya	La Palma	19 May/10 Aug	84
1646	V. Martín o de Tigalate	La Palma	2 Oct/ 21 Dec	82
1667/1678	V. de San Antonio	La Palma	17 Nov/21 Jan	66
1704/1705	V. de Sietefuentes	Tenerife	31 Dec/4 or 5 Jan	5
1704/1705	V. de Fasnia	Tenerife	5 Jan/ 16 Jan	12
1704/1705	V. de Arafo	Tenerife	2 Feb/27 Mar	54
1706	E. de Garachico / V. de Arenas Negras	Tenerife	5 May/13 Jun	40
1712	E. del Charco	La Palma	9 Oct/ 3 Dec	56
1730/1736	E. de Timanfaya	Lanzarote	1 Sep 1730/ 16 Apr 1736	2055
1798	E. Narices del Teide / V. de Chahorra	Tenerife	9 Jun/14-15 Sep	99
1824	V. de Tao or del Clérigo / Duarte	Lanzarote	31 Jul/ 31 Jul	86
1824	V. Nuevo del Fuego ó del Chinero	Lanzarote	29 Sep/5 Oct
1824	V. Nuevo or de Tinguatón	Lanzarote	10 Oct/24 Oct
1909	V. del Chinyero	Tenerife	18 Nov/27 Nov	10
1949	E. de San Juan V. de Nambroque / Duraznero / Hoyo Negro/ Llano del Banco	La Palma	24 Jun/30 Jul	47
1971	V. del Teneguía	La Palma	26 Oct/18 Nov	24
2011/2012	Tagoro	El Hierro	11 Oct/5 Mar
2021	V. Tajogaite	La Palma	19 Sep/13 Dec	85

Notes

¹ Only eruptions with established and documented references that describe eruptive processes.

References

General references

Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).

Notes

^ "Lava shoots up from volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands". Reuters. 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ "Areas volcánicas en España - Volcanología - Geofísica - Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Áreas de actividad - Ministerio de Fomento" [Volcanic areas in Spain]. Ministerio de Fomento (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b EL VULCANISME A CATALUNYA^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Table Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine created by Dr. Carmen Romero, Department of Geography, University of La Laguna. 2007

External links

Volcanic areas in Spain (in Spanish)