Cumbre Vieja

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stratovolcano volcanic ridge

Cumbre Vieja is an active volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, known for its frequent eruptions and significant impact on the region’s landscape and communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stratovolcano ⓘ
volcanic ridge ⓘ
affectsMunicipality El Paso ⓘ
Los Llanos de Aridane ⓘ
Tazacorte ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dominantMagmaType basalt ⓘ
eruptionFrequency historically frequent eruptions ⓘ
eruptionStyle basaltic fissure eruptions ⓘ
geologicalSetting intra-plate oceanic island volcano ⓘ
hasFissureSystem yes ⓘ
hasHumanImpact yes ⓘ
hasPotentialHazard long-lived lava-flow eruptions ⓘ
hasVolcanicEdifice multiple overlapping cones ⓘ
hazardType ash fall ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
pyroclastic activity ⓘ
volcanic gases ⓘ
highestPointElevation_m about 1949 ⓘ
highestPointName Pico de las Nieves (Cumbre Vieja ridge area on La Palma often cited around 1949 m) ⓘ
isActive true ⓘ
isOnIslandArc false ⓘ
isTouristAttraction yes ⓘ
lastEruptionEndDate 2021-12-13 ⓘ
lastEruptionImpact creation of new land at the coast ⓘ
destruction of thousands of buildings ⓘ
evacuation of several thousand residents ⓘ
widespread lava flows ⓘ
lastEruptionLocation western flank of La Palma ⓘ
lastEruptionStartDate 2021-09-19 ⓘ
lastEruptionType effusive and explosive ⓘ
lastEruptionVEI 3 ⓘ
lavaFlowDirection primarily westward toward the Atlantic coast ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn La Palma ⓘ
surface form: island of La Palma
location Canary Islands ⓘ
La Palma ⓘ
monitoringAgency Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain) ⓘ
Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN) ⓘ
nearbyOcean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
notableEruption 1949 eruption ⓘ
1971 Teneguía eruption ⓘ
2021 La Palma eruption ⓘ
orientation north–south ridge ⓘ
partOf Canary hotspot volcanic system ⓘ
La Palma ⓘ
surface form: La Palma volcanic complex
tectonicPlate African Plate ⓘ
volcanicFieldAge Quaternary ⓘ
volcanoNumber 1803-02= ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canary Islands → hasActiveVolcano → Cumbre Vieja ⓘ
La Palma → volcanicRidge → Cumbre Vieja ⓘ