| As through the years a lot of investigations and reconnaissance has been done in Lanzarote. Some of this information has been lost already . This website tries to fill in this gap, to overcome the problem in this time of enormous amounts of electronic information, to gather all available information at one place. Both scientific research as well as reconnaissance and information of just enthusiastic cavers.
These pages are all about caves on Lanzarote. Volcanic underground phenomenons which are accessible to human beings. In casu: Lava- flow-tubes, Pyroclastic caves, volcanic vent shafts, eruption shafts and former geijsir. 2 enthusiastic speleologists are gathering this information and putting them on this website. Laurens M.J. Smets from Speleo Nederland (The Netherlands) and Gustavo David Santana Gomez from Vulcan Vertical (Lanzarote) . As most caves and volcanic phenomenons are within a geological protection program (UNESCO, National Park, etc) and are protected by law , it is mostly not allowed to visit these caves. For this reason for most caves you will not find their exact location and no coordinates are mentioned. We hope with this inventory we can add some value on the work of scientists and authorities with their protection- and conservation programs of these unique underground lava-cave features. As Albert Einstein described this in a phrase: “Setting an example is not the main way to influence others, it is the only way”or in spanish: “Dar ejemplo no es la principal forma de influir en los demás, es la única manera” |
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