Alegranza is an
island in the Atlantic Ocean,
located to the coast of Africa
and is in the province of Las
Palmas in the Canary Islands,
Spain, and is the northernmost
point in the Canary Islands (in
the area near Jameo Mosegue).
The island is part of Parque Natural
de Archipiélago Chinijo
(Lanzarote) or the Chinijo Archipelago
Natural Park, a reserve of Los
Islotes.[2]
Maximum onshore
depth: 3,300 feet
Age: 16 to 20
million years
The area is 10.2
km². There are no inhabitants
on the island.
The lighthouse of Punta
Delgada is located in the eastern
part of Alegranza, it was first built
in 1865. The island was part of the
Bien de Interés Cultural on
December 20, 2002. The island features
a crater of about 1.1 km in diameter
and an altitude of 289 m. The second
highest is Montaña de Lobos
at 256 m and following La Rapagura.
The northern portion is mainly flat.[2]
The island is part of
the municipality of Teguise on Lanzarote.
Teguise,
Las Palmas
Teguise is a Canarian
municipality in the north-central
and the eastern portion of the island
of Lanzarote in the Las Palmas province
in the Canary Islands The population
is 14,214 (ISTAC, 2003), its density
is 53.84/km² and the area is
263.98 km². The town population
is around 3,000. The population doubling
time is about 20 years and the growth
between 2001 and 2003 was at 10.14%
It is located north of Arrecife on
a main highway of LZ1 and south of
Haría. The main industries
are agriculture and tourism. The Atlantic
Ocean is to the northwest and east
and the mountains are around the municipality.
Farmlands dominate the
rest of the municipality. César
Manrique was born in the area. The
insect of the island is the cochineal
which carmine, a dye is extracted
from.
The municipality also
comprises a number of neighbouring
islands including Graciosa, Alegranza,
Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste and
Montaña Clara.[3]
La Graciosa-Graciosa
Island or commonly La Graciosa
(Spanish for graceful) is a volcanic
island in the Canary Islands of
Spain, located 2 km north of the
island of Lanzarote with the strait
named Río.
It was formed by
the Canary hotspot. The island
is part of Parque Natural del
Archipiélago Chinijo, Reserve
of the Biosphere, "Marine
Reserve of La Graciosa and the
islands to the North of Lanzarote"
it is linked to the municipality
of Teguise. The island forms a
part of the Chinijo Archipelago.
The village is in the southeastern
part of the island with houses
encircling the harbor which has
two piers and a yacht area in
the bay.
Graciosa
Island
Other smaller islands
include Montaña Clara (Spanish
for clear mountain) which is an
archipelago to the northwest,
Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste
and Alegranza to the north. The
only two settlements include Caleta
del Sebo and summerresidence Casas
de Pedro Barba. The island is
entirely made up of volcanic rock
and sands.[1]
Among its geological
treasures exist an equally diverse
company of living relics such as loggerhead
sea turtles, exceedingly rare Eastern
Canary geckos, which are found nowhere
else in the world, and one of the
world's only remaining swathes of
thorny Argasn tree thickets. A long
list of endangered birds, including
petrel, shearwater, osprey, Egyptian
vulture, and peregrine falcon, nest
high up on the island's inaccessible
outer ring of vertical coast cliffs.
Despite the huge number of tourists
who visit the area (more than 10 million
every year), a comprehensive system
of protected areas has effectively
stabilized any disturbance to Alegranza
and its companion islets.
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