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| | El Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Canary Isles, Canaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | This National Park, totaling some 13,570 hectares in size, was created by the volcano Teide, 3.718 meters in height, the highest mountain of Spain, the highest elevation in all the Atlantic Ocean and the third largest volcano in the world. |
 | | Teide has around 12 million cubic meters of volcanic material at its sides, those formations being popularly called the noses of Teide. |
 | | Teide is home to several rare species of plants, such as the Guanche Rose of which are known only some 50 examples in the world, the Teide Violet and lizards amongst other things. |
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