Gran Canaria, Spain

Fissure vent · 1,950 m (6,398 ft) · Canary Is

Gran Canaria is a fissure vent in Spain, 1,950 m (6,398 ft) high. Its last known eruption: bC (Holocene). NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Gran Canaria on the map

Gran Canaria and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Fissure vent
Elevation: 1,950 m (6,398 ft)
Country: Spain
Region: Canary Is
Summit: 28.000° N, 15.580° W
Last known eruption: BC (Holocene)
Holocene activity known from: Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number: 383040

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Gran Canaria Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.