Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park

Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park
Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park
Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa (Catalan)
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Volcà de Santa Margarida.jpg
An aerial view of Santa Margarida.
Location Garrotxa, Catalonia, Spain
Coordinates 42°10′0″N 2°32′0″E / 42.166667°N 2.533333°E / 42.166667; 2.533333Coordinates: 42°10′0″N 2°32′0″E / 42.166667°N 2.533333°E / 42.166667; 2.533333
Area 15,309 hectares (153.09 km2)
Established 1982 (1982)
Governing body Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge
Official website
The Fageda d'en Jordà.

The Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park (Catalan: Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa) is a natural park area covering a Holocene volcanic field (also known as the Olot volcanic field) in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. The volcanos, of which there are about forty within the park, are no longer active, with the last eruption (Croscat) occurring about 11,000 years ago.[1] However, the region is still seismically active, and a large earthquake in 1428 caused damage to buildings and twenty deaths in Barcelona, 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the south.

The park covers 12,093.02 hectares, and includes territory from eleven municipalities in the comarca of Garrotxa.[2] The built-up areas of Olot, Santa Pau, Sant Joan les Fonts and Castellfollit de la Roca are completely surrounded by the park. Including these urban areas, the population of the park is more than 40,000 people, and the economic development of the zone is one of the objectives of the park management, while trying to avoid the damage caused by quarrying, urban sprawl and illegal waste disposal. Some 980.86 ha of the park, including the best preserved volcanic cones, are fully protected as nature reserves.

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Geology

The Garrotxa field is a monogenetic volcanic field, with each volcano representing a single period of eruption. The field became active about 700,000 years ago,[3] and is the most recent expression of volcanic activity in northeastern Catalonia, which dates back 10 million years.

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Example of a Volcano found at The Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park - a protected natural area covering a Holocene volcanic field in Catalonia, northeastern Spain.

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