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Port of Las Palmas (also called La Luz Port) (Spanish: Puerto de Las Palmas or Puerto de La Luz) is port for fishing, commercial, passenger and sports boats in the city of Las Palmas in the north-east of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. For five centuries, the Port of Las Palmas has been the traditional base for scale and supplying ships on ...
The Port of Las Palmas is the first Mid-Atlantic fishing base, with an annual traffic of more than 4,500 stopovers and with some 400,000 tons of frozen fish processed
Las Palmas [n. 3] Las Palmas: 22.8 [18] Puerto del Rosario: La Hondura: Santa Cruz de Tenerife [n. 4] Los Cristianos: Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Sebastián de la Gomera: Santa Cruz de la Palma: 0.9 [19] La Estaca: Ferrol: Ferrol-San Cibrao: Galicia: 11.1 [20] San Cibrao: Ferrol-San Cibrao: A Coruña: A Coruña: 13.6 [20] Vilagarcía da Arousa ...
Gran Canaria Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP) (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria) is a passenger and freight airport on the island of Gran Canaria.It is an important airport within the Spanish air transport network (owned and managed by a public enterprise, AENA), as it holds the sixth position in terms of passengers, and fifth in terms of operations and cargo transported.
The capital city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was founded on 24 June 1478, under the name "Real de Las Palmas", by Juan Rejón, head of the invading Castilian army. In 1492, Christopher Columbus anchored in the Port of Las Palmas (and spent some time on the island) on his first trip to the Americas.
The ports used were Vigo (7-8), Las Palmas (6), Cádiz (6) and El Ferrol (5). Overall, there were 1,508 tons of gasoil and 37 tons of heavy oil pumped; in most cases there was also lubricants, water and foodstuffs delivered, in some cases navigation charts and first-aid kits, and in 3 cases there were torpedoes loaded. [ 11 ]
In 2010 Stephen Wampler decided to push the limits to raise awareness of disabled people and became the first person with Cerebral Palsy to climb Yosemite's El Capitan.The ascent took him six days ...
It is part of the municipality of Mogán and is located southwest of Las Palmas. There are several bars and restaurants, the latter specialising in fresh fish caught the same day. Tuesday is market day (the largest on the island). Arguineguín features a beach and a port.