Pico de Malpaso
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| Listing | Ultra |
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| Translation | Difficult step peak (Spanish) |
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 Pico de Malpaso
Location in the Canary Islands
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| Location | El Hierro, Canary Islands |
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| Mountain type | volcanic[2] |
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| Easiest route | hike |
Pico de Malpaso (English: "difficult step peak") is the highest point on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain.
Geography
The summit rises at the centre of the island on the border between Frontera and El Pinar de El Hierro municipalities (Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife).[3] On the mountain's top, at an elevation of 1,501,762 m above sea level, is located a trig point.[3]
From the mountain one can see the island of La Palma and others islands of Canary archipelago.
Geology
The island of El Hierro is the youngest of the archipelago and is around 3 million years old. Its present shape is derived fron the erosion on its volcanic cone.[1]
Environment
Malpaso slopes host woods and heaths with relevant samples of Canary Islands juniper (Juniperus cedrus), some of them said to be more than one thousand years old. The most important animal from a conservationist point of view is El Hierro giant lizard (in Spanish lagarto Salmor), an endangered specie of reptiles.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Naturaleza, El Hierro, Islas Canarias". el-hierro.costasur. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ Hausen 1964, p. 550.
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Bibliography
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