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Mallorca, [a] or Majorca, [b] [2] [3] is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Balearic Islands have been an autonomous region of Spain since 1983. [4]
The largest uninhabited island in the world. 28: Alexander Island: 49,070: 18,950: Antarctica: Antarctic territorial claims by Argentina (partial), Chile, and the United Kingdom. The largest island in Antarctica. 29: Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego: 47,992: 18,530: Argentina Chile: Tierra del Fuego Province Magallanes Region: The largest island ...
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 ...
Cabrera (Balearic Catalan: [kəˈbɾeɾə], Spanish: [kaˈβɾeɾa], Latin: Capraria) is an island in the Balearic Islands, Spain located in the Mediterranean Sea off the southern coast of Mallorca. A National Park, [1] its highest point is Na Picamosques (172 m). Uninhabited, it’s administratively part of the city of Palma in Mallorca.
Islands of the Forth; Outlying islands; Largest islands. Lewis and Harris; Skye; Mainland, Shetland; ... Balearic Islands (Spain) Islas Chafarinas (Spain; plazas de ...
Largest island of Iceland (99% of the state area) 3: Ireland: 84,421: 32,595 Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 4: Severny Island: 47,079: 18,177 Russia: Northern Island of Novaya Zemlya. Largest island of Russia within Europe. 5: Spitsbergen: 37,673: 14,546 Norway : Largest island of Svalbard (62% of its entire area) and of ...
Pages in category "Islands of the Balearic Islands" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Latin map of the Balearic Islands, with the eastern islands named Gymnesiæ. Gymnesian Islands (in dark grey) The Gymnesians (Catalan: Gimnèsies [ʒimˈnɛziəs], Spanish: Gimnesias [ximˈnesjas]), or Gymnesic Islands (Catalan: Illes Gimnèsiques), [1] is a collective name given to the two largest (and easternmost) Balearic Islands, Mallorca and Menorca, distinguishing them from the Pityuses ...