geology and geomorphology of the island of the palm

La Palma Island is the emerging part of an oceanic volcanic building of predominantly basaltic composition. Its underwater base rests on the Atlantic abyssal plain, about 4.000 m deep. Its surfaced extension is 706 Km2. The maximum elevations above 2.000 m altitude are: El Roque de los Muchachos (2.426 m), Fuente Nueva (2.366 m), Pico de la Cruz (2.351 m), Piedra Llana (2.321 m), Pico Palmero (2.310 m), Tamagantera (2.299 m), Pico de las Nieves (2.247 m), Pico del Cedro (2.901 m) and Corralejo (2.404 m) It is characterised by the relative uniformity of the geological materials that integrate it, without prejudice to the different ages and the diversity derived from the processes of meteorisation and subsequent relief modeling.