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Famara
Sign in to saveFamara is the main mountainous massif in the north of the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is the eastern slope of a volcano erupting in the Miocene. The cliffs of Famara (Risco de Famara) are the remains of a caldera of about ten kilometres in diameter centred on the south of La Graciosa.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Famara
- Mountain.photo
- Risco de Famara.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Famara cliffs
- Mountain.map
- Spain Lanzarote
- Mountain.highest
- Peñas del Chache
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 671
- Mountain.subdivision1_type
- Autonomous community
- Mountain.subdivision1
- 20px Canary Islands
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- Province
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- 20px Las Palmas
- Mountain.type
- Volcanic mountain
- Mountain.age
- Miocene
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- Playa de Famara
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- Endemic plants
- Pollution
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Famara is the main mountainous massif in the north of the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is the eastern slope of a volcano erupting in the Miocene. The cliffs of Famara (Risco de Famara) are the remains of a caldera of about ten kilometres in diameter centred on the south of La Graciosa.
The cliffs of Famara peak at an altitude of 671 m at the Peñas del Chache. A village at the range's seaside is Caleta de Famara, part of Teguise. thumb|Peñas del Chache, Famara's highest peak.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Famara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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