Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands after Tenerife, and the
third largest in area after Tenerife and Fuerteventura. Gran Canaria is located southeast
of Tenerife and west of Fuerteventura. The island is of volcanic origin, mostly made of fissure
vents. Gran Canaria is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands after Tenerife.
Gran Canaria's surface area is 1,560 km² and its maximum altitude is 1,949 meters (Pico de
Las Nieves). It has a round shape, with a diameter of approximately 50 km. About 80% of the
volume of the island was formed during the Miocene period, between 14 and 9 million years
ago. This is called the "Old Cycle" and is estimated to have lasted some 200,000 years and
have emitted about 1000 km3, mostly of fissural alkali basalt. This cycle continued with the
emission oftrachytes, phonolites and peralkaline rocks. This period was...
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