Anaga massif () is a mountain range in the northeastern part of the island of

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in the

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. The highest point is 1,024 m (Cruz de Taborno). It stretches from the Punta de Anaga in the northeast to Cruz del Carmen in the southwest. Anaga features the mountain peaks of Bichuelo, Anambro, Chinobre, Pico Limante, Cruz de Taborno and Cruz del Carmen. The mountains were formed by a volcanic eruption about 7 to 9 million years ago making it the oldest part of the island. Since 1987 it has been protected as a "natural park", reclassified as "rural park" in 1994. Since 2015 it is also an

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and is the place that has the largest number of endemic species in

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. It is a remote and wild area characterized by humid forests, such as ''

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''. Native plant species include '' Ceropegia dichotoma'', '' Ceropegia fusca'' and '' Echium virescens''. The Macizo de Anaga is also rich in archaeological finds, among which is the

Mummy of San Andrés The Mummy of San Andrés is a human mummy belonging to the Guanche culture, who were the ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands, Spain. It is one of the best preserved Guanche mummies, and is one of the few that has a proper name, ''Mummy of ...

belonging to the ancient

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. The main villages in the Macizo de Anaga are San Andrés, Taganana and Igueste de San Andrés. A place in the mountains known as El Bailadero is believed to have been a place where

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were practicing witchcraft and dancing around a bonfire. Anaga also has a cryptozoological legend. It is about the so-called Anguila peluda, which was a monstrous eel of great size that inhabited a puddle at Punta de Anaga and that terrified the local people.

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Flora of Anaga

El Bailadero of the witches.
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