Vega Grande
Vega Grande is a plain in Teguise, Las Palmas. Vega Grande is situated nearby to the neighborhood Yé, as well as near Órzola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monte Corona and Mirador del Río.
Monte Corona
Volcano
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Volcán de La Corona is a 609 meters high extinct volcano on the Canary Island of Lanzarote, near the village of Yé in the municipality of Haría. Its eruption, around 21,000 years ago, covered a large area of the northeast of the island with lava, creating the Malpais de la Corona and two of the island's most-visited geological attractions, the Cueva de los Verdes and the Jameos del Agua. Monte Corona is situated 2½ km southwest of Vega Grande.
Mirador del Río
Café
Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mirador del Río is a viewpoint on an approximately 475-metre-high escarpment called Batería del Río in the north of the Canarian island of Lanzarote.
Playa de la Cantería
Beach
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Playa de la Cantería is a beach, which is situated 2½ km north of Vega Grande.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yé and Órzola.
Yé
Neighborhood
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Ye is a village belonging to the municipality of Haría, on the island of Lanzarote, located at the foot of the north face of the volcano La Corona. Originally, this town was a pasture, as stated in an old document of 1576 preserved in the Archives of Teguise, in which Agustin de Herrera y Rojas, owner of the island at that time, bequeathed the property to his daughter Constanza.
Órzola
Neighborhood
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Órzola is a village in the municipality of Haría on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is the northernmost settlement of the island. As of 2021, it has a population of 352 inhabitants. Órzola is situated 2½ km northeast of Vega Grande.
Caleta de Sebo
Hamlet
Graciosa is the smallest inhabited island of the Canary Islands archipelago. It extends 8 km north-south and 4 km east-west, with an arid landscape and a population of 734 in 2018. Caleta de Sebo is situated 4½ km northwest of Vega Grande.
Vega Grande
- Type: Plain
- Category: landform
- Location: Teguise, Las Palmas, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
29.20187° or 29° 12′ 7″ northLongitude
-13.46875° or 13° 28′ 8″ westElevation
292 metres (958 feet)Open location code
7CX86G2J+PGGeoNames ID
2517067
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