el mayor campo de picones de la isla
English translation: the largest area of cinder cones on the island
| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| 20:39 Dec 27, 2008 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tourism & Travel | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
|  Selected response from: ormiston Local time: 00:41 | ||||||
Grading comment
| |||||||
| Summary of answers provided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | the largest rolling hills field in the island |
| ||
| 4 | the largest cone field on the island |
| ||
| 3 | the largest area of cinder cones on the island |
|
Answers
6 mins confidence: 
the largest area of cinder cones on the island Explanation: does this help ? EVOLUTION OF A COMPLEX CINDER CONE, RED MOUNTAIN, ARIZONA - [ Traduire cette page ]Red Mountain (RM) is an ~740 ka cinder cone located near the NE edge of the San Francisco volcanic field in northern AZ. RM underwent phases of both ... gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_73917.htm - 6k - En cache - Pages similaires -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2008-12-27 20:48:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Geography of Lanzarote Lanzarote, the northernmost and – together with Fuerteventura – also the easternmost of the Canary Islands, is located only 125 km (77 miles) from the African mainland. It is the fourth largest island of the archipelago and has an actual population of around 108.000 inhabitants. Its surface covers 846 sq. kilometres (326 sq. miles) and only 21 kilometres (13 miles) separate the west from the east coast at its widest point, which means that it can easily be crossed in short car journeys. Geographically, Lanzarote belongs to Macaronesia, a group of islands in the Atlantic including the Canary Islands as well as the archipelagos of Madeira, the Azores and Cape Verde. Lanzarote is a contrasting desert island of volcanic origin, with largely predominating lava fields. It has a long history of volcanic eruptions and almost every type of rock found on the island is of volcanic origin. The ‘Island of the 1000 volcanoes’ – as it is frequently called – is despite its high number of volcanic peaks – it boasts around 300 - the least mountainous of the archipelago, with its highest mount – the volcano Peñas del Chache near Haría in the northern part of the island – reaching 670 m (2,198 ft) above sea level. Its interior is barren, reminiscent of a lunar landscape, covered with volcanic massifs and plains, dotted with small craters and cones and amorphous eruptive rock formations. Lanzarote is the island of the Canary archipelago, which is most dominated - physically and culturally – by its dormant volcanic power. The well-documented Timanfaya eruptions between 1730 and 1736 were the longest lasting and most powerful periods of volcanic activity ever known. They devastated two thirds of the island – almost the whole southern part – creating a blackened, lifeless malpaís (badlands) of cinders, ash and lava, at the same time considerably increasing the surface of the island, with lava flows running into the sea. Although the oldest sediments, dating from 60 million years ago, indicate there was movement deep in the ocean, which permitted the Canaries to arise, it was eruptions from 15 million years ago, from which Lanzarote was formed like it is known today. The last eruptions, which lasted only two months, took place in 1824 in the same area as the ones from a hundred years before. The landscapes of Lanzarote clearly demonstrate the usual volcanic process of a single major cone creating a number of smaller cones all around as outlets for gases and liquids. Lanzarote also boasts some fine examples of lava tubes – one has 7.5 km (4.7 miles) and is considered one of the longest in the world – and large caverns formed by gas explosions, some of which have collapsed (for good examples visit Cueva de los Verdes and Jameos del Agua). Although some eruptions on the island occurred already thousands of years ago, the extremely dry climate and the erosion caused by strong winds explain the fact that vast badlands areas are still devoid of almost any vegetationre |
| |
Grading comment
| ||
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
24 mins confidence:
the largest rolling hills field in the island Explanation: It describes a landscape that provides great opportunities for harvesting grapes. Grapes don't grow in high mountains but on rolling hills that provide for good irrigation without holding excess water that could harm them. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 34 mins (2008-12-27 21:14:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Una foto lo dice todo... http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13649071 http://www.centralcoastmag.com/html/gourmet/wine/001_fieldsf... http://www.dreamstime.com/fall-colors-in-grape-field-image66... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tferey/61565849/ http://www.handtomouth.net/JVS/Img/Landscape_Vineyards.jpg |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
1 hr confidence:
the largest cone field on the island Explanation: I'm normally wary of direct translations, but this seems to be what it's called: Boron concentrations of volcanic fields in different geotectonic ...... Volcanic Belt (Ceboruco Cone Field), which is associated with recent subduction. ... The average B content of the Tenerife (Canary Islands) samples ( 6.4 ... cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18450339 - Similar pages by K GMELING - 2007 - Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 5 versions Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research : Boron ...Tenerife, Canary Island; 2.3. Waipiata volcanic field, New Zealand; 2.4. Mexico/ Pinacate and Ceboruco cone field. 3. Samples and experimental technique; 4. ... linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0377027306003039 - Similar pages by K Gm ling - 2007 - Cited by 1 - Related articles Lithos : A geochemical transect across a heterogeneous mantle ...Other examples include the Canary Islands (Hoernle et al., ... 4000 m to a subaerial cinder cone field located near Madeira's capital Funchal. ... linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0024493706000491 - Similar pages by J Geldmacher - 2006 - Cited by 1 - Related articles COSIS.net - Poster Programme - NH9.04 Multidisciplinary approaches ...Susceptibility analysis of basaltic eruptions at Tenerife (Canary Islands) ... advances in remote sensing: the case of Mauna Kea shield's cone field ... www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/poster_programme.ph... - 45k - Cached - Similar pages April 2002 Archive - News Headlines - Willamette University... The Quaternary Volcanic Fields of the East and West Eifel (Germany)nineties in the Eifel, Sicily and the Canaries and Madeira led to the postu- .... scoria cone field (mostly ca. 0.1 - <5 million years) (Connor and Conway ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-12-27 22:16:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This is oibviously wrong, viz K Donnelly's answer to a subsequent question. ...black porous volcanic grains, known as lapilli (picon in Lanzarote) www.vulkaner.no/t/lanza/cactus.html My answer should now read: The largest picón/lapilli field on the island Whether you choose picón or lapilli (or whether you gloss) depends on the target audience |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.
You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.
See also:
Search millions of term translations