Musealized volcano of Campo de Calatrava. The last eruption of the volcano was 700,000 years ago, it has a cone of 300 hectares and the lava flows reached 3 kilometers.

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February 21, 2023

Cerro Gordo is a volcano located in Granátula de Calatrava, in the Campo de Calatrava region, in Ciudad Real (Castilla - La Mancha). It has a height of 90 meters, and a morphology of a cinder cone and mud flows, sculpted through different volcanic phases.

The area of the volcano is also a mining exploitation and the company that exploits it ceded a space of 2000 square meters to the town hall to create a scientific and educational museum, becoming the first visitable volcano in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Location: Granátula De Calatrava, Campo De Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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