{"id":1344,"date":"2025-02-15T09:43:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T08:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/?page_id=1344"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T11:18:25","slug":"the-islands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/the-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"The islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-kowwzdo7 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignleft uagb-block-gr6ti8lw wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-left\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Foto-Columbretes-1-Large.jpg ,https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Foto-Columbretes-1-Large.jpg 780w, https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Foto-Columbretes-1-Large.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/Foto-Columbretes-1-Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-159\" width=\"564\" height=\"450\" title=\"Foto Columbretes 1 (Large)\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-zv2kfhzx uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><h2 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\"><strong>Volcanoes in the Western Mediterranean&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">The archipelago of the Columbretes Islands is located in the Western Mediterranean, just fifty kilometres away from the port of Castell\u00f3n, in the province of the same name in the Valencian Community. It consists of 24 islets divided into four groups, each of which is named after its main islet. From north to south: Columbrete Grande (L\u2019Illa Grossa in Valencian), Perrera (Ferrera), Horadada (Foradada) and El Bergant\u00edn (El Carallot). The emerged area occupies 19 hectares.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-acc86193 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignleft uagb-block-4b3f8745 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-left\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/sjabloon-1920-columbretesview-1-1700x660-1-1024x398.jpg ,https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/sjabloon-1920-columbretesview-1-1700x660-1.jpg 780w, https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/sjabloon-1920-columbretesview-1-1700x660-1.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/lasislascolumbretes.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/sjabloon-1920-columbretesview-1-1700x660-1-1024x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1492\" width=\"564\" height=\"450\" title=\"sjabloon-1920-columbretesview-1-1700x660\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-c7272c38 uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><h2 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\"><strong>Volcanoes in the Western Mediterranean&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">As its name indicates, the Isla Grossa is the largest of them all, and the highest of them all, at 67 metres above sea level. This island also clearly shows the volcanic origin of the archipelago, as it has the shape of an almost perfect semi-submerged volcanic caldera, very similar to the famous Greek island of Santorini. The appearance of these islands is parched and cliffy. But appearances are deceptive, and these volcanic islets hold many surprises.<br>The first of these is their very origin. It is a very unusual example of Quaternary volcanism, whose activity began between three and a million years ago and ended about 30,000 years ago. The islands arise from a volcanic field measuring 90 x 40 kilometres in size, with average depths of 80 to 90 metres. There, as a result of the pressure exerted by the African tectonic plate on the Eurasian plate, a north-south fault arose along which the magma rose, raising the volcanic edifices that make up the Columbretes.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","ab-block-post-grid-landscape":"","ab-block-post-grid-square":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Volcanoes in the Western Mediterranean&nbsp;The archipelago of the Columbretes Islands is located in the Western Mediterranean, just fifty kilometres away from the port of Castell\u00f3n, in the province of the same name in the Valencian Community. It consists of 24 islets divided into four groups, each of which is named after its main islet. From north to south: Columbrete Grande (L\u2019Illa Grossa in Valencian), Perrera (Ferrera), Horadada (Foradada) and El Bergant\u00edn (El Carallot). The emerged area occupies 19 hectares. 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