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Flag of Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria (UK: / ˌ ɡ r æ n k ə ˈ n ɛər i ə,-ˈ n ɑːr-/, US: / ˌ ɡ r ɑː n k ə ˈ n ɑːr i ə,-ˈ n ɛər-/; [2] [3] Spanish: [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] ⓘ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, [4] an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa and is part of Spain.
Meloneras is a tourist town on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, part of the town of Maspalomas in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. It is mostly characterised by tourist hotels and other accommodations. Its most prominent landmark is the Faro de Maspalomas, next to Maspalomas Beach and the Maspalomas ...
As well as acting as a maritime light, it also functions as an aerial beacon used for air navigation. [3] La Isleta was the last lighthouse on Gran Canaria to be automated in 1999 when the last keeper Augustine Becerra, retired. In July 2015 a plaque was unveiled at the lighthouse by the president of the Las Palmas Port Authority, to highlight ...
The Punta Sardina Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta Sardina) is an active lighthouse on the Canary island of Gran Canaria.It is located north of the small town of Sardina, in the municipality of Gáldar. [1]
Spanish F/A-18 Hornet at the Gando Air Base in 2016. The Gando Air Base (in Spanish: Base Aérea de Gando) is a base of the Spanish Air and Space Force located in the Gran Canaria island, Spain, and next to the Gran Canaria Airport, eastward from its runways.
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GranTeCan or GTC) is a 10.4 m (410 in) reflecting telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is the world's largest single-aperture optical telescope. [1] Construction of the telescope took seven years and cost €130 million.
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Maspalomas (Spanish: [maspaˈlomas]) is a tourist resort in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, stretching from Bahía Feliz in the east to Meloneras in the west, including the resort towns of San Agustín, Playa del Inglés and San Fernando.