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Cumbres
(plural ), Spanish for 'Peak' or 'Summit', is an element in various place and other names, most often in the forms or . By itself, ''Cumbre'' or ''Cumbres'' may refer to: * '' Cumbre'', an insect genus, of skippers in the family Hesperiidae Places * Cumbre Nueva, a ridge on La Palma, Canary Islands (a territory of Spain) * Cumbre Pass, another name of Uspallata Pass Bermejo Pass, a mountain pass in the Andes that connects Santiago and Los Andes, Chile, with Mendoza, Argentina * Cumbre Vieja, an active volcanic ridge (dormant since 1971) on La Palma, Canary Islands (a territory of Spain) ** Cumbre Vieja tsunami hazard, an assessed risk of landslide-caused tsunami that could originate from Cumbre Vieja * Cumbres Institute () is a group of Catholic, bilingual schools founded 1954 in Mexico, and now also established in Brazil, Chile, Spain, and Venezuela * Cumbres Pass, a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, US ** Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TSRR), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbre
''Cumbre'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion .... Species Recognised species in the genus ''Cumbre'' include: * '' Cumbre cumbre'' (Schaus, 1902) References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Hesperiinae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by William Harry Evans Taxa described in 1955 {{Hesperiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbre Nueva
La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, a Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The total population at the start of 2023 was 84,338, of whom 15,522 lived in the capital, Santa Cruz de La Palma and 20,375 in Los Llanos de Aridane, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Los Llanos de Aridane. Its highest mountain is the Roque de los Muchachos, at , being second among the peaks of the Canaries after the Teide massif on Tenerife. In 1815, the German geologist Leopold von Buch visited the Canary Islands. It was as a result of his visit to Tenerife, where he visited the Las Cañadas caldera, and then later to La Palma, where he visited the Taburiente caldera, that the Spanish word for cauldron or large cooking pot – "calde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uspallata Pass
The Uspallata Pass, Bermejo Pass or Cumbre Pass, is an Andean pass which provides a route between the wine-growing region around the Argentine city of Mendoza, the Chilean city Los Andes and Santiago, the Chilean capital situated in the central Chilean valley. Overview The pass has been used since colonial times as the most direct link between the Pacific seaport of Valparaiso and the Atlantic port of Buenos Aires, avoiding the 11-day, journey by sea, via Cape Horn, between the two ports. In 1817 it was used by the Army of the Andes to cross the Andes, in the campaign to free Chile from the Spanish Empire. Reaching a maximum elevation of about , the pass runs between the peaks of the Aconcagua to the north and the Tupungato to the south. In the 1990s it was the most used pass in all of South America. A railroad tunnel built by the now defunct Transandine Railway (1910–1982) runs underneath. The Pan-American Highway runs through the nearby Cristo Redentor Tunnel (in Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbre Vieja
The Cumbre Vieja (; meaning "Old Summit") is an active Complex volcano, volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The spine of Cumbre Vieja trends in an approximate north–south direction, comprising the southern half of La Palma, with both summit ridge and flanks pockmarked by dozens of volcanic crater, craters and volcanic cone, cones. The 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption, latest eruption began on 19 September 2021 in a forested area of Las Manchas, La Palma, Las Manchas locality known as Cabeza de Vaca. Voluminous lava flows quickly reached populated areas downslope, fanning out across settlements and banana plantations, destroying thousands of buildings and ultimately pouring over steep cliffs into the ocean to enlarge the island at several locations. The volcano went quiet on 13 December 2021, and on 25 December 2021, the local government declared the eruption to be over. Cumbre Vieja erupted twice in the 20th century, in 1949 (Volcán San J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbre Vieja Tsunami Hazard
The Cumbre Vieja tsunami hazard refers to the risk that a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, could cause a large volcanic landslide, landslide triggering a megatsunami in the Atlantic Ocean. Volcanic islands and volcanoes on land frequently undergo large landslides/collapses, which have been documented in Hawaii for example. A recent example is Anak Krakatau, which collapsed to cause the 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami. Steven N. Ward and Simon Day in a 2001 research article proposed that a Holocene change in the eruptive activity of Cumbre Vieja volcano and a fracture on the volcano that formed during an eruption in 1949 may be the prelude to a giant collapse. They estimated that such a collapse could cause tsunamis across the entire North Atlantic and severely impact areas as far away as North America. Later research has debated whether the tsunami would still have a significant size far away from La Palma, as the tsunami wave may quickly decay in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbres Institute
Cumbres Institute (in Spanish: ''Instituto Cumbres'') is a series of Catholic and bilingual schools. The first Cumbres Institute was founded in Mexico City, Mexico, by the Legionaries of Christ in 1954 in the neighborhood of Lomas de Chapultepec.. Many years later, there were many campuses extending all over Mexico and other Latin American countries such as Brazil, Chile, Spain, and Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com .... The first Cumbres campus was founded in Lomas de Chapultepec in 1954 with the name of “Instituto Cumbres de Lomas”. In recent years, the Cumbres Institute has been involved in controversy. Particularly noteworthy is the fight that occurred in June 2017 between students of the school against students of the Irish Institute of Mexico City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbres Pass
Cumbres Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, United States. The pass is traversed by State Highway 17 and the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. The highway has a moderate 5.8% approach on the north side and a gentler, 4% approach on the south side. It is rarely closed in winter and does not normally cause problems for vehicles, since the road is not a major through highway. Railroad The railroad line was built in the early 1880s by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad as part of its San Juan Extension from Alamosa to Durango, Colorado. The railroad has a steep (for a railroad) 4% grade approaching from the west, so additional helper locomotives were usually run (and often still are) on trains from Chama, New Mexico to Cumbres Pass. The facilities at the pass were built by the railroad to support the turning of the helper locomotives for their return to Chama, and provide water to locomotives after the climb. Some of the structures at the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbres And Toltec Scenic Railroad
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, often abbreviated as the C&TSRR, is a Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge Heritage railway, heritage railroad that operates on of track between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico, in the United States. The railroad is named for two geographical features along the route: the -high Cumbres Pass and the Toltec Gorge. Originally part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge network, the line has been jointly owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico since 1970. The C&TSRR is one of only two remaining parts of the former D&RGW narrow-gauge network, the other being the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), which runs between the communities of Durango, Colorado, Durango and Silverton, Colorado. The railroad has a total of ten narrow-gauge steam locomotives (five of which are operational) and two narrow-gauge diesel locomotives on its current roster. The railroad also operates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonito, Colorado
Antonito (in Spanish Antoñito) is a statutory town located in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 647 at the 2020 United States census. History Antonito began life as a sheep herding camp known as San Antonio Junction, referring to its proximity to the Conejos and San Antonio rivers. When the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad built its line south from Alamosa, the town was renamed Antonito and became an important town on the railroad line. The San Antonio, Colorado, post office moved north to Antonito on January 24, 1881, and the Town of Antonito was incorporated on December 29, 1889. There are currently no major industries located in Antonito, but the historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has one terminus in Antonito and the other in Chama, New Mexico. The C&TS also has maintenance facilities and rail yard in the town. The Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad continues to operate the rail line from Antonito to Alamosa. In 2015, a Colorado St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chama, New Mexico
Chama is a village in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 917 at the 2020 census. The village is located in the Rocky Mountains about south of the Colorado-New Mexico border. Geography Chama is located on the Rio Chama, south of the Colorado border. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land. History Chama was originally part of the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant. In 1880 the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad began construction of its San Juan Extension from Antonito, Colorado westward toward a mining district in the northern San Juan Basin of Colorado. The railroad needed an engine terminal for helper locomotives, near to the western foot of the steep gradient toward Cumbres Pass. It chose a site on the western bank of the Rio Chama where the railroad crossed it, for the terminal and its supporting townsite, naming the village for the river crossing. Train service began on February 1, 1881Myr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cumbre (other)
, Spanish for 'The Peak' or 'The Summit' (in plural form, ), may refer to: Places * La Cumbre (Galápagos Islands), a volcano * Las Cumbres (volcano), a volcano in Mexico * La Cumbre, Cáceres, a municipality in Extremadura, Spain * La Cumbre, Córdoba, a small town in Argentina ** La Cumbre Airport (; codes LCM, SACC), a municipal airport in Córdoba, Argentina * La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca, a city in Colombia * La Cumbre Pass, another name of Uspallata Pass Bermejo Pass, a mountain pass in the Andes that connects Santiago and Los Andes, Chile, with Mendoza, Argentina * La Cumbre Peak, a mountain in California, US * La Cumbre Plaza La Cumbre Plaza is an outdoor shopping center located in Santa Barbara, California. The first property built by The Hahn Company, La Cumbre Plaza opened in 1967 and was purchased by Macerich in 2004. Macerich now holds a long-term lease, which ..., an outdoor shopping center in Santa Barbara, California, US * Las Cumbres, a in Panamá District, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reunión Cumbre
''Summit'' is an album by Argentinean bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla and jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. The original LP was recorded and released in Italy in 1974.Original Italian release of Background The album was born from the meeting, which took place in Italy in 1974, between the Argentinean bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla and the North American saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, considered among the most prominent members of the world music scene. The album was recorded in Milan and includes eight compositions, seven written by Piazzolla and one by Mulligan. The fusion of the nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla with the jazz influences of Gerry Mulligan, backed by an orchestra of Italian and Argentinian musicians, has been described as "a memorable disc of rare beauty" and "a one-off event, wholly successful". Again, as with Astor Piazzolla's ''Libertango'', the rhythm section consists of Pino Presti on electric bass and Tullio De Piscopo on drums. Recording The album was recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
