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Caldera de Taburiente National Park

National Park

Caldera de Taburiente National Park occupies the northern part of La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands and was designated a national park in 1954. Its centerpiece is the Caldera de Taburiente, a depression roughly 10 kilometers across whose walls rise as much as 2,000 meters above the valley floor, formed by a massive landslide that collapsed the flank of the Northern Shield volcano about 525,000 years ago rather than by a volcanic crater collapse. The highest point, Roque de los Muchachos at 2,426 meters, is reachable by road and hosts the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory nearby. The caldera's geological importance led the International Union of Geological Sciences to name it one of its 100 global geological heritage sites in 2022, and the park is also recognized as an Important Bird Area for its laurel pigeons, red-billed choughs, and Atlantic canaries amid forests of Canary Island pine and endangered Canary Islands juniper. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1954 2
Area (sq km)
4.69 2
Classification
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Sources
1. Caldera de Taburiente National Park (Wikipedia)
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    Caldera de Taburiente National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente) is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
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    Caldera de Taburiente National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente) is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the Caldera de Taburiente, which dominates the northern part of the island, and was designated as a national park in 1954.
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2. Wikidata: Caldera de Taburiente National Park
  • Wikidata Q23988114, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata Q23988114 P571 inception
  • Part Of: Spain, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Spain
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Spain, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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