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The bag is associated with paisa culture. [1] The carriel is part of folkloric dress of the region [2] [3] and is also used by modern businessmen throughout the country. [disputed (for: conflict with sources) – discuss] It is said that the word carriel comes from the English "carry-all", but derivation from the French cartier (handbag) is ...
The Maspalomas Dunes (Spanish: Dunas de Maspalomas [1]) are sand dunes located on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. A 404-hectare (1,000-acre) area of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, they have been protected as a nature reserve since 1987. [2]
Flamenco Beach is a public beach on the Caribbean island of Culebra (Spanish pronunciation: [kuˈleβɾa]). It is known for its shallow turquoise waters, white sand, swimming areas, and diving sites. It stretches for a mile around a sheltered, horseshoe-shaped bay. Playa Flamenco is a popular beach destination for both Culebra and Puerto Rico.
Isla Verde (Spanish for ''green island'') is an urbanized, beach-front resort and residential district with various upscale hotels and condominiums in the municipality of Carolina, where the main airport of Puerto Rico, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, is located.
The island resulting from sediment accumulation is made up almost entirely of the skeletal remains of plants and animals – biogenic sediment – from the surrounding reef ecosystems. [6] If the accumulated sediments are predominantly sand , then the island is called a cay ; if they are predominantly gravel , the island is called a motu .
Sable Island (French: île de Sable, literally "island of sand"), a 31 km² Canadian island situated about 175 km (109 mi) southeast of the closest point of mainland Nova Scotia in the North Atlantic Ocean; Sand Islands in the South China Sea Spratly Islands, the South Sand Islands; Paracel Islands, the West Sand Islands
The Spanish name for the archipelago, Islas Malvinas, derives from the French Îles Malouines — the name given to the islands by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1764. [8] Bougainville, who founded the islands' first settlement, named the area after the port of Saint-Malo (the point of departure for his ships and colonists). [ 9 ]
Spain owned several Pacific islands as part of the Spanish East Indies. After its defeat in the Spanish–American War of 1898, it lost the Philippines. The German–Spanish Treaty (1899) sold the Carolinas, Marianas and Palau to the German Empire.