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Monumento Natural de Ajuy

Pájara, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas

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Monumento Natural de Ajuy

Nature · Pájara, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas

An area protected since 1994 at the coastal hamlet of Ajuy, on the western side of Fuerteventura, for preserving a deposit of ocean sediments and fossils of extinct marine animals of extraordinary scientific interest; its caves, carved out by the waves, rank among the oldest geological sites in the archipelago.

Photo: Frank Vincentz (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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