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A map of the Canary Islands Hacha Grande, a mountain in the south of Lanzarote, viewed from the road to the Playa de Papagayo A panoramic view of Gran Canaria, with Roque Nublo at the left and Roque Bentayga at the center. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the archipelago.
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Although earlier maps had shown fantastical depictions of the "Fortunate Islands" (on the basis of their mention in Pliny), this is the first European map where the actual Canary islands make a solid appearance (although Dulcert also includes some fantastic islands himself, notably Saint Brendan's Island, and three islands he names Primaria ...
The Canary Islands have low levels of air pollution thanks to the lack of factories and industry and the trade winds which naturally move away contaminated air from the islands. According to official data offered by the Health and Industry Ministry in Spain, Tenerife is one of the cleanest places in the country with an air pollution index below ...
Canary Islands (top-left, ringed in red) in relation to Africa Map of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are a 450 km-long (280 mi), east-west aligned archipelago of volcanic islands in the eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean, 100–500 km (60–310 mi) off the coast of Northwest Africa. [5]
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.
Map of the CISP (Rivera et al, 2016). The Canary Islands Seamount Province (CISP) is located in the Atlantic Ocean between 23º and 33º north. [1] It comprises the seven major islands of the Canary Islands archipelago, the two islets of the Savage Islands and 16 seamounts scattered along an area of 540,000 km 2 parallel to the northwestern coastline of the African Continent.
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