Pico de Malpaso

Pico de Malpaso
Highest point
Elevation 1,501 m (4,925 ft)[1]
Prominence 1,501 m (4,925 ft)[1]
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 27°43′46″N 18°02′26″W / 27.72944°N 18.04056°W / 27.72944; -18.04056Coordinates: 27°43′46″N 18°02′26″W / 27.72944°N 18.04056°W / 27.72944; -18.04056
Naming
Translation Difficult step peak (Spanish)
Geography
Pico de Malpaso

Location in the Canary Islands

Location El Hierro, Canary Islands
Geology
Mountain type volcanic[2]
Climbing
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 from 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. 1 2 3 4 "Naturaleza, El Hierro, Islas Canarias". el-hierro.costasur. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  2. Hausen 1964, p. 550.
  3. 1 2 "Reseña de vértice geodésico: Malpaso" (PDF). IGN. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

Bibliography

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