<< Text Pages >> Cueva del Viento - Cave or Rock Shelter in Spain in Canary Isles
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Multi-periodSite Name: Cueva del VientoCountry: Spain Region: Canary Isles Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Icod de los Vinos
Latitude: 28.343500N Longitude: 16.6986W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Cave or Rock Shelter in Canary Isles
The Cueva del Viento is the sixth largest lava tube system in the world. It extends more than 17 km. In several entries of the cave system, Guanche (native inhabitants of Tenerife) archeological artifatcs has been found.
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