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  2. Gran Canaria - Wikipedia

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    Gran Canaria is located in the Atlantic Ocean in a region known as Macaronesia about 150 kilometres (93 mi) off the northwestern coast of Africa and about 1,350 km (840 mi) from Europe. [5] With an area of 1,560 km 2 (600 sq mi) [ 6 ] and an altitude of 1,956 m (6,417 ft) at Morro de la Agujereada , Gran Canaria is the third largest island of ...

  3. Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch concentrated on Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, attempting to burn it down. The Dutch pillaged Maspalomas, on the southern coast of Gran Canaria, San Sebastián on La Gomera, and Santa Cruz on La Palma, but eventually gave up the siege of Las Palmas and withdrew. Christian prisoners are sold as slaves in a square in Algiers.

  4. File:Spain Canary Islands location map Gran Canaria.svg

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  5. Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests - Wikipedia

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    The ecoregion covers an area of 4,693 km 2. The islands are mountainous and volcanic in origin. The islands are mountainous and volcanic in origin. Teide on Tenerife reaches 3,718 m, Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma 2,426 m, Morro de la Agujereada on Gran Canaria 1,956 m, Pico de Malpaso on El Hierro 1,501 m, and Garajonay on La Gomera 1,487 m.

  6. Topography of Spain - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Geology of the Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Module:Location map/data/Spain Gran Canaria - Wikipedia

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    Module:Location map/data/Spain Gran Canaria is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Gran Canaria. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.

  9. Conquest of the Canary Islands - Wikipedia

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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 ...