Pico Viejo

Crater of Pico Viejo.
View inside crater of Pico Viejo

Pico Viejo is a volcano located on the island of Tenerife in Canary Islands, Spain. It is the second highest peak of Tenerife and the Canary Islands (after the Teide), with a height of 3,135 m above sea level, and a huge crater approximately 720 metres in diameter.[1]

The volcano is part of the Teide volcanic complex, which began forming about 200,000 years ago in the center of Tenerife. Its crater is one of the satellite craters around El Teide.

It last erupted in 1798, and it is estimated[2] that it ejected around 12 million m³ of lava over three months forming a black colored surface, which is different from the rest of the volcano area, which are known as the Teide noses.

  1. ^ Teide volcano : geology and eruptions of a highly differentiated oceanic stratovolcano. Carracedo, J. C. (Juan Carlos), Troll, V. R. Berlin: Springer. 2013. ISBN 978-3-642-25893-0. OCLC 835630472.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Carracedo, Juan Carlos; Troll, Valentin R, eds. (2013). Teide Volcano. Active Volcanoes of the World. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25893-0. ISBN 978-3-642-25892-3. S2CID 127366439.

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