What Spanish island is home to Teide, Spain's highest point?

Tenerife is the Spanish island home to Teide, Spain’s highest point.

Teide, or Mount Teide, rises to about 3,715 metres on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Its summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest elevation on any Atlantic island. The volcano stands inside Las Cañadas caldera and is the centrepiece of Teide National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Teide’s present structure began developing roughly 170,000 years ago after a major landslide reshaped the earlier volcanic edifice. The mountain is part of a larger volcanic complex that includes Pico Viejo and Montaña Blanca. Measured from the ocean floor, Teide reaches about 7,500 metres, making its total volcanic structure far taller than its elevation above sea level suggests.

A frequent mix-up is identifying Gran Canaria because it is another large Canary Island, but Teide is specifically on Tenerife. Teide is also not extinct: the most recent eruption in the broader Teide volcanic system occurred in 1909 at the El Chinyero vent. Its altitude creates alpine conditions, and snow can appear on the summit during winter.