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The Cumbre Vieja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkumbɾe ˈβjexa]; meaning "Old Summit") is an active volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. [4] The spine of Cumbre Vieja trends in an approximate north–south direction, comprising the southern half of La Palma, with both summit ridge and flanks pockmarked by dozens of craters and cones. [5]
The eruption source is a new vent of the Cumbre Vieja dorsal. As of 29 September 2021, the new vent was still officially unnamed. Volcano vents on La Palma have traditionally been either given Guanche names or, more rarely and not in recent times, named after the Saint on whose feast day the eruption began.
On Sept. 19, 2021, La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted. It was the first major volcanic eruption on the island in 50 years, per The New York Times.. Scientists started monitoring the island ...
Eruption (4 December 2021) at Tajogaite cinder cone on the west flank of Cumbre Vieja, La Palma. Eight confirmed historical eruptions have occurred at Cumbre Vieja, making La Palma the most volcanically active of the Canary Islands and accounting for half of all the volcanic eruptions in the Canary Islands during this c. 540 year timespan.
A total of around 7,500 people have been forced to flee since the Cumbre Vieja began erupting more than a month ago. ... molten rock crept deeper into a coastal town during a protracted volcanic ...
The Cumbre Vieja volcano has remained active, ejecting lava and ash onto the Spanish island of La Palma on Tuesday, October 19, a month after the initial eruptions began.This footage filmed by the ...
During the 1949 eruption a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long normal fault developed along the crest of Cumbre Vieja; it has been inactive since then [1] and prior eruptions did not form such faults, which do not have the appearance of graben faults. [34] Geodesy has not identified ongoing movement of the flank. [35]
The Cumbre Vieja volcano has remained active, ejecting lava and ash onto the Spanish island of La Palma on Tuesday, October 19, a month after the initial eruptions began.Video shared on Twitter ...