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    Gran Canaria

    Fissure vent · 1,950 m · Spain

    Gran Canaria
    Photo: W. Edlmeier · CC BY 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Gran Canaria sits on the African Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 11 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 40.

    Elevation
    1,950 m
    Type
    Fissure vent
    Tectonic Setting
    Intraplate (hotspot)
    Dominant Rock
    Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
    Plate
    African Plate
    Country
    Spain
    Last Eruption
    40
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    11

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    4,670 BCE4,630 BCE1,250 BCE1,180 BCE1,010 BCE920 BCE620 BCE590 BCE580 BCE1040 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 4,670 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata