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Puig d'Adri Volcano

Canet d'Adri, Gironès, Girona

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Puig d'Adri Volcano

Nature · Canet d'Adri, Gironès, Girona

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A volcano located on the southern slope of the Rocacorba mountain, between the villages of Canet d'Adri and Adri, only seven kilometres from Girona; its main attraction is the three superimposed volcanic edifices, formed in distinct eruptive phases of strombolian, phreatomagmatic and effusive type. The lava flow of the final phase reached about eleven kilometres in length. It is covered by a dense forest of cork oaks and holm oaks, with box in the undergrowth, and forms part of the Quaternary volcanism of the Volcanic Zone of la Garrotxa. With the remains of a volcanic-stone structure on its summit, at 345 metres of altitude, from where the Empordà, Girona, the Medes Islands and the castle of Montgrí can be seen on clear days, it is listed within the Pla d'Espais d'Interès Natural (Catalonia's inventory of protected natural areas).

Photo: Asapena (Public domain)

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