The origin of the beauty of Lanzarote lies in its geology, its natural landscapes, its evolution, and its original materials that make up its geological heritage. Volcanoes, cliffs, caves, beaches, lava flows, jameos, calderas and islets, have turned the island into a geologically unique place in the Atlantic.
Definition
A Geosite, or Site of Geological Interest, is an “area that is part of the geological heritage of a natural region as constantly shows one or several characteristics that are considered significant in its geological history” (García Cortés and Carcavilla, 2013).
In our Geopark, there are 49 geosites on land and 19 underwater. 68 places can be marked on the map.
Next, there is a description of land sites according to the Specific Collaboration Agreement Report CIL-IGME to carry out scientific-technical research of the use of the volcanic resources of Lanzarote (createad by Inés Galindo, Nieves Sánchez, Carmen Romero and Juana Vegas), in 2014.
LZ34 Corazoncillo
El Corazoncillo is a volcano crater ring which is located 100m below the external base of the structure. This crater [...]
LZ35 El Golfo
Surtseyan structure in which we can observe wet and dry pyroclastic series with plenty of pyroclastic structures and coastal erosion [...]
LZ36 La Geria
It is the largest wind dispersing mafic pyroclastic field in all of the Canary Islands, in terms of surface and [...]
LZ37 Los Hervideros
It is characterised by a cliff developed from the historical Timanfaya lava flow (18th Century) on the west coast of [...]
LZ38 Laguna de Janubio
This geosite is located in the old port of Real de Janubio, which is currently a coastal lagoon that is [...]
LZ39 Valle de Femés
An excavated valley in the ancient deposits of the Macizo de los Ajaches. This is a graben-type valley, structurally controlled [...]
LZ40 Piedra Alta
On the coast of Piedra Alta, a conglomeratic deposit has been observed with fossiliferous limestone cemented blocks located at 16-18 [...]
LZ41 Papagayo
In the southeastern tip of Lanzarote, south of the steep slopes of Los Ajaches, a large area of very low [...]
LZ42 Barranco de Las Pilas
Las Pilas ravine is located in the southern foothills of the Ajaches massif. This is a basin carved on lava [...]