The Guanches believed the mountain to be the place that housed the forces of evil and the most evil figure, Guayota. These have been interpreted as being ritual deposits to counter the influence of evil spirits, like those made by the Berbers of Kabylie. Many hiding places found in the mountains contain the remains of stone tools and pottery. The Guanches also believed that Teide held up the sky. Guayota is often represented as a black dog, accompanied by his host of demons ( Tibicenas). When going on to Teide during an eruption, it was customary for the Guanches to light bonfires to scare Guayota. Teide was a sacred mountain for the aboriginal Guanches, so it was considered a mythological mountain, as Mount Olympus was to the ancient Greeks. El Pico del Teide is the modern Spanish name. Teide Observatory, a major international astronomical observatory, is located on the slopes of the mountain.īefore the 1496 Spanish colonization of Tenerife, the native Guanches referred to a powerful figure living in the volcano, which carries light, power and the sun. In 2016, it was visited by 4,079,823 visitors and tourists, reaching a historical record. Teide is the most visited natural wonder of Spain, the most visited national park in Spain and Europe and – by 2015 – the eighth most visited in the world, with some 3 million visitors yearly. The volcano and its surroundings make up Teide National Park, which has an area of 18,900 hectares (47,000 acres) and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2007. Teide, Pico Viejo and Montaña Blanca form the Central Volcanic Complex of Tenerife. The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide a Decade Volcano because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz. Teide is an active volcano: its most recent eruption occurred in late 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the northwestern Santiago rift. Teide's base is situated in the Teide National Park along Las Cañadas crater (the remains of an older, eroded, extinct volcano) at a height of around 2,190 m (7,190 ft) above sea level. Teide was formed just 170,000 years ago due to volcanic activity following a catastrophic landslide. Teide's elevation above sea level makes Tenerife the tenth highest island in the world. If measured from the ocean floor, its height of 7,500 m (24,600 ft) makes Teide the third-highest volcano in the world, and is described by UNESCO and NASA as Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure. Its summit (at 3,715 m (12,188 ft)) is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. Teide, or Mount Teide, ( Spanish: El Teide, Pico del Teide, pronounced, "Peak of Teide") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. This 3D panoramic view of Mount Teide was created using SRTM data (160% elevation).
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