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This Spanish volcano archipelago was a stopping point for Columbus on his first New World voyage. Born of lava, Mt. Teide is the world’s highest peak when measured from its base at the bottom of the ocean. Only 600 miles from Morocco, the Canaries boast a tropical climate. The island of Tenerife was the site of the worst air disaster in the history of aviation, in which 583 people were killed in the collision of two Boeing 747s in 1977.