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PALMA, or SAN MIGUEL DE LA PALMA

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 643 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PALMA, or SAN MIGUEL DE LA PALMA , a Spanish
island
  in the Atlantic Ocean, forming part of the
Canary
  Islands (q.v.). Pop. (1900), 41,994; area 28o sq. m. Palma is 26 m.
long
 , with an extreme breadth of 16 in. It lies 67 m. W.N.W. of Teneriffe. It is traversed from north to
south
  by a chain of mountains, the highest of which is 7900 ft. above sea-level. At the broadest part is a crater g m. in
diameter
 , known as the Caldera (i.e. cauldron). The bottom of the crater has an
elevation
  of 2300 ft., and it is overhung by peaks that rise more than 5000 ft. above it. Palma contains several
mineral
  springs, but there is
great
  want of fresh water. The only stream which is never dried up is that which issues from the Caldera. In 1677 an eruption, preceded by an
earthquake
 , took place from a volcano at the southern extremity of the
island
 , and much damage was done. Santa Cruz de la Palma (pop. 7024) on the eastern
coast
  is the principal town. The anchorage is good.


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