The Canary Islands (Spanish Islas Canarias) (28° 06'N, 15° 24'W), once known to the ancient Romans as the Fortunate Islands, are an African archipelago of the Kingdom of Spain consisting of seven islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean. They are located off the north-western coast of mainland Africa (Morocco and the Western Sahara). They form an autonomous community of Spain. The Canary Islands were formed by the Canary hotspot.
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Canary Islands places
El Hierro
Fuerteventura
Gran Canaria
La Gomera
La Palma
Lanzarote
Tenerife
Other areas
Andalusia
Aragon
Asturias
Balearic Islands
Basque Country
Canary Islands
Cantabria
Castile and León
Castile la Mancha
Catalonia
Extremadura
Galicia
La Rioja
Madrid Community
Murcia Community
Navarre
Valencian Community
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The Happy Islands
This paradisiac group of islands, with a preferred climate and constant temperature through all the year, and splendid beaches of fine sand, consists of 7 larger islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, Hierro) and a few smaller ones (Alegranza, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste und Lobos). Surprisingly, the landscape of each island is radically different to the others.
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Canary travel
Explore The Canary Islands: Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera y El Hierro. The beaches, the towns, culture, the most interesting places, the best photographs, and much more...
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| Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the ... more |
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| Gran Canaria is the third largest island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 210 km from the northwest coast of Africa and belon ... more |
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| Tenerife, a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. The island's population is 852,945 (2006 c ... more |
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| El Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is a Spanish island. It is the smallest and furthest south and west of the Canary Islands, in t ... more |
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| La Gomera is the second-smallest island of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is located at [show location on an interactive m ... more |
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