Situated in the centre of the island, this gigantic circus, with a diameter of 8 kilometres and a circumference of 28 kilometres, rises 2,000 metres above sea level. It is the largest crater in the world, after the Teide crater in Tenerife. The crests of this caldera culminate in the northwest of the complex, at Roque de Los Muchachos, at 2,426 meters, the highest peak on the island. To this end, it hosts an observatory where the world's largest telescope was installed in 2009. This circus ends in a deep and narrow valley, the barranco de las Angustias. This caldera of Taburiente is also a national park of 4,700 hectares, since 1954.

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Roque los Muchachos. underworld - Shutterstock.com
Cascade de couleurs, Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma. Alberto Loyo - Shutterstock.com
Observatoire Roque de los Muchachos. Tomas Hajek - Fotolia
El Roque de los Muchachos, observatoire astronomique de l'île de La Palma. Marisa Estivill - Shutterstock.com
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