Spain's highest peak belongs to its Atlantic edge, not the Pyrenees: Mount Teide rises on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands off Africa's northwest coast. The mainland loses here. At about 3,715 meters above sea level, the volcano exceeds Aneto, the Pyrenees' highest summit at roughly 3,404 meters, by more than 300 meters. Geography unsettles the familiar.Height alone undersells Teide. Classified as ...More