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Geology

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Solar Eclipse on Tenerife November 2013
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Solar Eclipse on Tenerife November 2013

If you are on Tenerife on Sunday 3rd November you are in for a rare treat. There will be a 40% partial solar eclipse over the island starting at proximately midday, lasting through

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Tenerife’s Best Kept Secret
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Tenerife’s Best Kept Secret

Most of us visit Tenerife and confine ourselves to the south eastern corner round the popular resort of Playa de las Americas, where there are several nice sandy beaches. Tenerife’s natural beaches

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Plate Tectonics and the Canary Islands
Geology

Plate Tectonics and the Canary Islands

The theory of Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics explains the distribution of the world’s volcanos including Mount Teide on Tenerife. This theory shows that the earth’s crust is divided into plates

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Geology

Tenerife the Volcanic Island

The Canary Islands are all volcanic in origin including Tenerife and are constantly evolving over millennia. This evolution is due to volcanic activity and erosion by sea and wind. The last volcanic activity

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Tenerife Tsunami and Mega Landslides
Geology

Tenerife Tsunami and Mega Landslides

Tenerife Tsunami and Mega Landslides. Mega landslides on Tenerife have been the cause of tsunamis during pre-historic times and there is evidence to support this. The islands of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura have

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
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