Cueva de Las Palomas
Cueva de Las Palomas is a cave in Llanos de Aridane, Los, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Access is restricted and requires permission. Cueva de Las Palomas is situated nearby to the cave Cueva de Todoque I, as well as near Cueva Verde.Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Cave
- Description: lava tube and protected area in La Palma, Spain
- Also known as: “Malpaís de Las Manchas y Cueva de Las Palomas”, “Todoque lava tube”, “Tubo volcánico de Todoque”, and “Tubo Volcánico de Todoque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari and Punta Lava Lighthouse.
Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari
Church
Photo: Javier.RBarreto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari is a church, which is situated 1 km east of Cueva de Las Palomas.
Punta Lava Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Hapebalf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Punta Lava Lighthouse is an active 20th century Spanish lighthouse on the Canary island of La Palma. It is located in the municipality of Tazacorte, near the village of La Bombilla on the western side of the island. Punta Lava Lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of Cueva de Las Palomas.
Montaña de Todoque
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montaña de Todoque is a peak, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Cueva de Las Palomas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Las Manchas and Los Campitos.
Las Manchas
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Las Manchas is a locality in the municipalities of El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane on the island of La Palma. It is an area of historical and geographical interest, especially due to the volcanic territory in which it is located, being a tourist and cultural focus of the two municipalities.
Los Campitos
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Campitos is a neighborhood of Todoque in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Formerly it was a separate locality, integrated into Todoque in 2000. It was destroyed by a lava flow from the 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption, which destroyed hundreds of houses in the neighborhood and ended up engulfing it entirely.
Todoque
Locality
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Todoque is a ghost town belonging to the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane, located in the southwest of the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. Its main neighborhoods were Todoque, Los Pasitos and Todoque de Arriba.
Cueva de Las Palomas
- Categories: protected area, natural monument of Spain, and landform
- Location: Llanos de Aridane, Los, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.60132° or 28° 36′ 5″ northLongitude
-17.89077° or 17° 53′ 27″ westOpen location code
7CW4J425+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 347745502OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q20650983
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Cueva de Las Palomas” goes by many names.
- German: “Cueva de las Palomas”
- German: “Vulkanhöhle von Todoque”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Las Palomas”
- Spanish: “Tubo volcánico de Todoque”
- Swedish: “Cueva de Las Palomas”
- Swedish: “Todoque lavarör”
- Turkish: “Cueva de Las Palomas”
- Turkish: “Todoque lav tüpü”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cueva de Todoque I and Cueva Verde.
Nearby Places
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