Caldera de Taburiente National Park is a national park on the island of La Palma. It contains the Caldera de Taburiente, which dominates the northern part of the island, and was designated as a national park in 1954. The telescopes of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory are situated very close to the summit. The Caldera de Taburiente is a topographic depression about 10 km across, and in places the walls tower 2000 m over the caldera floor. The highest point is the Roque de los Muchachos on the northern wall, at 2426 m altitude, which can be reached by road. The Caldera de Taburiente is an erosion caldera that has been formed by a landslide followed by erosion, without volcanic eruption therefore, it is not a collapse caldera formed by withdrawal of magma from under a volcano during a volcanic eruption with subsequent collapse of the unsupported mountain summit.
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