Fictional Mountains - Middle-Earth Mountains, Mythological Mountains, Misty Mountains, Lonely Mountain, Mount Meru, Teide, Mount Ararat (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Middle-earth mountains, Mythological mountains, Misty Mountains, Lonely Mountain, Mount Meru, Teide, Mount Ararat, White Plume Mountain, Worlds Edge Mountains, Dread Mountain, Mount Analogue, Sumeru, Wundagore, Mount Olympus, Mount Penglai, The Ascent of Rum Doodle, Mount Doom, Mountains of the Moon, White Mountains, Iron Hills, Mount Sapo, Caradhras, Kharsag, Thangorodrim, Paranor, Mountains of Kong, Yatil Mountains, Delectable Mountains, Shayol Ghul, Mount Huaguo, Lortmil Mountains, Mount Killaraus, Riphean Mountains, Mashu. Excerpt: Mount Teide or, in Spanish, Pico del Teide (Teide Peak), is the highest elevation in Spain and the islands of the Atlantic (it is the third largest volcano in the world from its base, after Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea located in Hawaii). It is an active volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide in Spanish). The park has an area of 18900 hectares and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 29, 2007. Since the end of 2007, it has also been one of the Twelve Treasures of Spain. Midway up the mountain are the telescopes of the Observatorio del Teide. Territorially it belongs, for the most part, to the municipality of La Orotava, but also to Icod de los Vinos, Los Realejos, Guia de Isora and ten more. Teide is the most visited National Park in the Canary Islands and Spain, with a total of 2.8 million visitors, according to the Instituto Canario de Estadistica (ISTAC). According to data for 2004, with its 3.5 million visitors annually, this volcanic landscape receives a large number of international visitors, second only to Mount Fuji in Japan. In 2010, Teide became the most visited national park...