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Coordinates: 29°10′57″N 13°29′022″W / 29.18250°N 13.48944°W / 29.18250; -13.48944
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[[File:Montana corona.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mount Corona, viewed from [[Ye, Lanzarote|Yé]].]]
[[File:m_corona_0_td_f_qdo_012a.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mount Corona, viewed from La Quemada de Orzola]]
[[File:Mount Corona.jpg|thumb|Mount Corona viewed from Máguez]]
'''Volcán de La Corona''' is a {{convert|609|m|ft|0|sp=us}} high extinct [[volcano]] on the [[Canary Islands|Canary Island]] of [[Lanzarote]] ([[Spain]]), near the village of [[Ye, Lanzarote|Yé]] in the municipality of [[Haría, Las Palmas|Haría]]. Its [[eruption]], around 21,000 years ago,<ref name="Carracedo_et_al_2003">{{cite journal | title=La erupción y el tubo volcánico del volcán Corona (Lanzarote, Islas Canarias) | last1=Carracedo | first1 =J.C. | display-authors=etal | journal=Estudios Geológicos | date=2003 | volume=59 | pages=277–302}}</ref> 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]].

==References==
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Rogers, B. and S. (2005). ''Travellers: Lanzarote & Fuertaventura'', Peterborough: Thomas Cook Publishing. {{ISBN|1-84157-504-6}}
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Mount Corona, viewed from .
Mount Corona, viewed from La Quemada de Orzola
Mount Corona viewed from Máguez

Volcán de La Corona is a 609 meters (1,998 ft) high extinct volcano on the Canary Island of Lanzarote (Spain), near the village of in the municipality of Haría. Its eruption, around 21,000 years ago,[1] 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.

References

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  1. ^ Carracedo, J.C.; et al. (2003). "La erupción y el tubo volcánico del volcán Corona (Lanzarote, Islas Canarias)". Estudios Geológicos. 59: 277–302.

Rogers, B. and S. (2005). Travellers: Lanzarote & Fuertaventura, Peterborough: Thomas Cook Publishing. ISBN 1-84157-504-6

29°10′57″N 13°29′022″W / 29.18250°N 13.48944°W / 29.18250; -13.48944