Mirador del Río
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Observation point
- Description: architectural structure
- Also known as: “Mirador del Rio”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monte Corona and Stonework Beach.
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 3½ km south of Mirador del Río.
Stonework Beach
Beach
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Stonework Beach is situated 2 km northeast of Mirador del Río.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yé and Caleta de Sebo.
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.
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 3 km northwest of Mirador del Río.
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 3 km east of Mirador del Río.
Mirador del Río
- Categories: visitor center, scenic viewpoint, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Haría, Las Palmas, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Mirador del Río” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Mirador del Riu”
- Dutch: “Mirador del Río”
- French: “Mirador del Río”
- German: “Mirador del Río”
- Indonesian: “Mirador del Rio”
- Italian: “Mirador del Rio”
- Japanese: “ミラドール・デル・リオ”
- Spanish: “Mirador del Rio”
- Spanish: “Mirador del Río”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mirador del Río”. Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0.