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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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| La Palma, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off Africa.
La Palma has an area of 706 km² making it the fifth larg ... 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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| 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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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.
