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The Canary Islands ( / kəˈnɛəri /, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas] ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco and the Western Sahara.
The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on 27 March 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport [1] (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. [2] [3] The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run in dense fog while Pan Am Flight 1736 was still on the runway.
The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the Magellan–Elcano expedition, was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. One of the most important voyages in the Age of Discovery —and in the history of exploration —its purpose was to cross the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to open a trade ...
With a land area of 2,034.38 square kilometres (785.48 sq mi) and a population of 948,815 inhabitants as of January 2023, [5] [6] it is also the most populous island of Spain [4] and of Macaronesia. [7] Approximately five million tourists visit Tenerife each year; it is the most visited island in the archipelago. [8]
Canarian Americans ( Spanish: Americanos Canarios) are Americans whose ancestors came from the Canary Islands, Spain. They can trace their ancestry to settlers and immigrants who have emigrated since the 16th century to the present-day United States. Most of them are descendants of settlers who immigrated to Spanish colonies in the South of the ...
Lanzarote is located 11 km (7 mi) north-east of Fuerteventura and just over 1 km ( 5⁄8 mi) from La Graciosa. The dimensions of the island are 60 km (37 mi) from north to south and 25 km (16 mi) from west to east. Lanzarote has 213 kilometres (132 miles) of coastline, of which 10 km (6 mi) are sand, 16.5 km ( 10+1⁄4 mi) are beach, and the ...
Gran Canaria 3D. Gran Canaria is located in the Canary Islands archipelago southeast of Tenerife and west of Fuerteventura. The island is of volcanic origin, mostly made of fissure vents. It has a round shape, with a diameter of approximately 50 km (31 mi) and a surface area of 1,560 km 2 (600 sq mi).
Caldera de Taburiente on La Palma. The geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanic rock. The Canary Islands, and some seamounts to the north-east, form the Canary Volcanic Province. The volcanic history of this province started about 70 million years ago. [1] The Canary Islands region is still volcanically active.