From the northeast to the southwest the coast was rounded, like the flattened cranium of an animal, rising again, forming a sort of protuberance which did not give any particular shape to this part of the island, of which the center was occupied by the volcano.
Del nordeste al noroeste, la costa se redondeaba como el cráneo achatado de una fiera, para levantarse luego formando una especie de gibosidad que daba una figura muy precisa a aquella parte de la isla, cuyo centro estaba ocupado por la montaña volcánica.