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Cueva del Viento

Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife - Icod-Daute-Isla Baja, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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Cueva del Viento

Nature · Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife - Icod-Daute-Isla Baja, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

A volcanic tube with more than 17 kilometres of known passages, the longest in Europe and one of the largest in the world, with a structure of three superimposed levels of galleries. It preserves fossils of extinct fauna endemic to the Canary Islands, such as the giant lizard (Gallotia goliath) and the giant rat (Canariomys bravoi), as well as Guanche archaeological remains at several of its entrances. It is included in the Natura 2000 network (ES7020100).

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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