Mirador de La Peña
Viewpoint designed by César Manrique over El Golfo, key to reading the great natural amphitheatre of the northwest.
Municipalities and territories of El Hierro
Municipal map, territorial organisation and key places of El Hierro.
3 municipalitiesValverde269 km2
This page reads El Hierro through its municipalities, main settlements, landscapes, heritage places and special territories.
Use the map and the place cards to connect municipal boundaries with concrete landmarks, coastal areas, uplands and local memory across El Hierro.
Municipal map
Municipal boundaries and main places of El Hierro.
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Key territorial places
Concrete places for reading landscape, heritage, coast, uplands and local memory without repeating the municipal list.
El Sabinar
Landscape of junipers shaped by the wind, a vegetal and territorial symbol of western El Hierro.
Faro de Orchilla
Historic western end of the archipelago, associated with the reference meridian before Greenwich.
La Restinga y Mar de Las Calmas
Fishing port and southern marine area, a reference for diving and for recent submarine volcanic memory.
Charco Azul
Natural pool on the El Golfo coast, an example of contact between lava, sea and local recreational use.
Garoé
Sacred tree of Bimbache tradition, associated with water capture and the Indigenous memory of El Hierro.
Pozo de Las Calcosas
Coastal settlement with stone houses and vegetal roofs, representative of seasonal settlement on the El Hierro coast.
Tamaduste
Cove and bathing area in the northeast, linked to everyday use of the coast near Valverde.
Reserva natural de Mencáfete
Forest and ravine area in El Golfo, relevant for understanding humidity, monteverde and biodiversity on El Hierro.
La Llanía
Monteverde trail in the highlands of El Hierro, with fayal-brezal, mist and a reading of the island forest.
Monumento Natural de Las Playas
Large southeastern coastal arc, formed by steep slopes and the visual reference of Roque de la Bonanza.
La Maceta
Natural pools on the El Golfo coast, part of everyday and recreational use of the El Hierro shoreline.
Tacorón
Bathing area in southern El Hierro, linked to the recent volcanic landscape and the Mar de Las Calmas.
Municipalities of El Hierro
Alphabetical order. Statistical data subject to ISTAC/INE validation.
Santa Cruz de TenerifePending data
El Pinar de El Hierro
El Pinar de El Hierro is a municipality of El Hierro, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
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Santa Cruz de TenerifePending data
Frontera
Frontera is a municipality of El Hierro, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
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Santa Cruz de TenerifePending data
Valverde
Valverde is a municipality of El Hierro, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
Population: Pending data · Area: Pending data
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