Teide National Park

Teide National Park
Teide National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
	Mount Teide
Location	Tenerife, Spain
Area	189.9 km²
Visitors	3,5 million annual visits
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, viii
Designated	2007 (31st session)
Reference no.	1258
State Party	Spain
Region	Europe and North America

Teide National Park is the most visited National Park in Spain and also one of the most visited National Parks in the world.

Located in Tenerife (Canary Islands), it is centered around 3718m Mount Teide, the highest mountain of Spain and the islands of the Atlantic (it is the third largest volcano in the world from its base). It was declared a National Park on 22 January 1954, making it one of the oldest national parks in Spain.

The park has an area of 18,990 hectares and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 28 June 2007. Since the end of 2007, it has also been one of the 12 Treasures of Spain. Midway up the mountain are the telescopes of the Observatorio del Teide. Territorially, it belongs to the municipality of La Orotava.

Teide National Park Media

3D panoramic view of Mount Teide. Picture made using SRTM data, freely provided by NASA.
Echium wildpretii on Tenerife
Southern Tenerife lizard (Gallotia galloti galloti)
Panoramic view of Roques de García in the Teide National Park (World Heritage Site), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Southwestern Europe
Rock formations of the Teide National Park (World Heritage Site). Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Southwestern Europe
Rock formations of the Teide National Park (World Heritage Site). Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Southwestern Europe.
La Tarta del Teide (Teide Cake)

Other websites

Media related to Parque nacional del Teide at Wikimedia Commons

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