Montaña de Tindaya

Tindaya
Montaña de Tindaya as seen near the village.
Highest point
Elevation401 m (1,316 ft)
Coordinates28°35′47″N 13°58′35″W / 28.5964°N 13.9764°W / 28.5964; -13.9764
Geography
LocationFuerteventura

The Montaña de Tindaya is a mountain in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It was considered a sacred place by the pre-colonial local population, and is also known as the Sacred Mountain (Spanish: Montaña Sagrada) today.

The mountain is the proposed site of Monument to Tolerance, an artwork conceived by the sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002), that would involve the excavation a large artificial cave. Local environmentalists objected to the project. As of 2019, construction work on the site had not started.

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