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Lanzarote. Pure geology, underwater and lunar landscapes; an entire world awaiting discovery.
Lanzarote, known to the locals as "conejera" (the rabbit warren), is also called the Island of One Hundred Volcanoes. This name comes from the island¿s fiercely volcanic origins and the geography that comprises more than three hundred volcanic cones. Lanzarote is the most north-eastern island of the Canarian archipelago, located very close to the coast of Africa (some 125 Km away) and to northern Fuerteventura.
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With warm temperatures all year round, Lanzarote is the least mountainous of the Canary Islands and has several flat plains not rising much above sea level. Due to the low altitude, Lanzarote is below the influence of the warm, humid trade winds. This, generally-speaking, creates an arid climate with scarce rainfall and a practically constant humidity throughout the island.
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Timanfaya National Park
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Lanzarote is home to the Timanfaya National Park, which has also been declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
The volcanic eruptions that took place in 1730 (which lasted for 6 years) and 1824 created new craters, trapped entire villages and buried the most fertile lands on the island.
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By following the road into the park, one reaches the island of Hilario where it is possible to see the popular tourist attraction of the artificial geysers, which are created by pouring cold water into a magma chamber 3 kilometres below the surface.
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