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Mallorca is the largest island of Spain by area and second most populated (after Tenerife in the Canary Islands). [34] [35] Mallorca has two mountainous regions, the Serra de Tramuntana and Serres de Llevant. Both are about 70 km (43 mi) in length and occupy the northwestern and eastern parts of the island respectively.
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The official name of the Balearic Islands in Catalan is Illes Balears, while in Spanish, they are known as the Islas Baleares.. The ancient Greeks usually adopted local names into their own language, but they called the islands Γυμνησίαι / Gymnesiai, unlike either the native inhabitants of the islands, the Carthaginians, or the Romans, who called them Βαλεαρεῖς, with the ...
Relief map of peninsular Spain and the Balearic Islands. Map of Spain showing terrain altitude and topography. The Canary Islands, located in North Africa, are of volcanic origin. Hypsometric curve of peninsular Spain. In spite of being bathed by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, half of its surface is at 660 m or more above sea level.
The central portion of Mallorca is a plain, bounded on the east and the southeast by broken hills. [3] The Canary Islands, ninety kilometers off the west coast of Africa, are of volcanic origin. [3] The large central islands, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, have the highest peaks. [3]
Palma Nova Beach is seven kilometers (4.3 mi) from Calvià, situated between Punta Nadala and es Carregador, on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca. Besides Palmanova beach , other names by which the beach is known include "Playa de Palma Nova", [ map 1 ] and "Platja de Palma Nova".
The Balearic Islands are a province and autonomous community in Spain and lie in the Mediterranean Sea east of mainland Spain. They are divided into 67 municipalities - 53 on the island of Mallorca (Majorca), 8 on the island of Menorca (Minorca), 5 on the island of Eivissa (Ibiza) and 1 comprising the island of Formentera .
This is a list of beaches in Spain sorted by province. The most popular with visitors are in Andalusia, Costa Blanca, and Catalonia. The most popular with visitors are in Andalusia, Costa Blanca, and Catalonia.