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La Palma volcano    

21st September, 2021 Geography

 

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Context

  • La Palma volcano spewing over 60 lakh kg sulfur dioxide in air per day.

 

About

  • La Palma is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain.
  • La Palma has an area of 708 square kilometres making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands.
  • Its highest mountain is the Roque de los Muchachos, at 2,423 metres being second among the peaks of the Canaries only to the peaks of the Teide massif on Tenerife.

 

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/la-palma-volcanic-eruption-spain-canary-island-sulfur-dioxide-1854898-2021-09-2