Teide: Difference between revisions

If measured from the ocean floor, its height of {{convert|7500|m|abbr=on}} makes Teide the third-highest volcano in the world,{{refn |After [[Mauna Kea]]<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web | url=http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highestpoint.html | title=What is the highest point on Earth as measured from Earth's center? | publisher=[[NOAA]] | work=Ocean Facts | access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> and [[Mauna Loa]]<ref name="MaunaLoa">{{cite web | url=https://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/havo/index.cfm | title=Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | publisher=National Park Service | date=2005 | access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> at 10.2 km}} and is described by [[UNESCO]] and [[NASA]] as Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure.<ref name=unesco/><ref name="NASATeide">{{cite web | url=http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=88659 | title=Teide, Canary Islands | publisher=[[NASA]] | work=Visible Earth | access-date=31 January 2017| date=2009-08-11 }}</ref>{{refn |Teide is Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure only if the island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]] is considered to be a single structure.| group = lower-alpha }} However, as Teide was formed just 170,000 years ago due to volcanic activity following a catastrophic landslide, Teide's base is actually situated in the Las Cañadas crater (the remains of an older, eroded, extinct volcano) at a height of around {{convert|2190|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Teide's elevation above sea level makes Tenerife the [[list of islands by highest point|tenth highest island in the world]]. Teide is an [[active volcano]]: its most recent eruption occurred in late 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the northwestern Santiago rift. The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide a [[Decade Volcano]]<ref name="USGS">http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/DecadeVolcanoes/ Decade Volcanoes – USGS</ref> because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are [[Garachico]], [[Icod de los Vinos]] and [[Puerto de la Cruz]]. Teide, [[Pico Viejo]] and Montaña Blanca form the Central Volcanic Complex of Tenerife.

 

 

== Name and legends ==