Monte Corona
| Monte Corona | ||
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 Monte Corona in Lanzarote |
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| height | 609 m | |
| location | Lanzarote , Canary Islands | |
| Mountains | Risco de Famara mountain range | |
| Notch height | 200 m | |
| Coordinates | 29 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N , 13 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Cinder cone | |
 View inside the crater |
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The Monte Corona (also simple: La Corona , Spanish for the crown ') is an almost circular volcanic cone in the north of the Canary Island of Lanzarote . Its blunt cone shape can be seen from afar and is a symbol of the north of the island and the northernmost municipality of Lanzarote, Haría .
location
The highest point of Monte Corona is 609 m (1998), the submarine height , measured from the foot of the mountain below the sea floor, is about 3600 meters. Measured from its upper edge, the depth of the crater is about 180 meters. The rim and inside of the crater can be hiked with appropriate footwear, with a wide view of the island.
geology
Monte Corona is a so-called cinder cone (see also volcano types and names ). Its slopes are completely bare and only on its north side was the crater rim partially eroded by erosion , and a secondary crater has also formed there. This gives this volcano its characteristic appearance, which can be seen very nicely through the "step" on the crater rim, here on the photo on the right. Monte Corona is the last, but not the highest, elevation of the 14 million year old Risco de Famara mountain range in the north, which together with the Los Ajaches mountain range in the south form the oldest parts of the island. Its notch height is about 200 meters, which is why it is classified as an independent mountain within a low mountain range . Monte Corona belongs to the younger epoch of volcanic activity on Lanzarote and had its active phase around 3000 to 5000 years ago. Its eruptions significantly changed the topography in the area. The major part of its lava masses flowed off to the east towards the sea and formed the impassable lava field Malpaís de la Corona (Spanish: bad land of the Corona) measuring around 30 square kilometers .
The lava, which first solidified on its surface, formed a 6.9-kilometer-long tunnel inside, which extends a further 1.4 kilometers below the sea floor into the Atlantic, where it ends blindly, making it one of the longest lava tunnels on earth. In some places, the so-called jameos ( Guanche : language of the old Canarians ), the ceiling of the tunnel has collapsed and allows entry into the cave system. The Lanzarote architect and artist César Manrique designed and built the famous Jameos del Agua (see also Cueva de los Verdes ) in the Jameos, which is closest to the sea .
literature
- Rother hiking guide Lanzarote , Bergverlag Rother , 1st edition 2005, ISBN 3-7633-4302-4
- Lanzarote37 ° , German-language print medium in Lanzarote, N ° 7, Feb / 2007, Deposito Legal: GC 1065-2006
