Teide National Park

At 3,718 m, Mount Teide is the highest peak of all the land in the Atlantic Ocean, and the third highest volcano on an oceanic island. It arose in one of the largest volcanic calderas in the world, the Caldera de las Cañadas, which, with its 45 km perimeter and 600 m depth, displays on its walls the great and complex geological history of the center of the island of Tenerife.

The Geological Guide of the Teide National Park, which is now republished, completely revised, updated and with new high-quality infographics, was the first in this series and it presents in an informative manner the phenomena of construction, explosion, subsidence and violent landslides that have made this park one of the best volcanic landscapes on the planet. Also included is a series of specific chapters on the most representative geological itineraries with the description of the geological and geomorphological elements and processes that affect the territory covered by the national park, framed in the context of a volcanic island like Tenerife. The guide is accompanied by a Geological Map, which represents the geological units with significance in the evolution and genesis of the landscape and a Geomorphological Map that contemplates the main elements of the relief, classified genetically, and the most important active processes that affect the territory delimited by the map.