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Line 4: ==Volcanic history== La Palma is not only the steepest island in the world but has also been the most volcanically active of the Canary Isles in the past 500 years. The last ~~three~~few eruptions in the ridge were in [[1470]], [[1585]], [[1646]], [[1677]], [[1712]], [[1949]], and [[1971]]. ===1949 eruption=== During the 1949 eruption the western half of the Cumbre Vieja ridge slipped several metres downwards into the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. This also opened a two-kilometre-long fracture which can quite easily be seen to this day. It is believed that this process was driven by the pressure caused by the rising [[magma]] heating and vaporising water trapped within the structure of the island. ==Future threat==

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