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The '''Canary Islands''' belong to [[Spain]] although they are located near the coast of [[Morocco]]. | The '''Canary Islands''' belong to [[Spain]] although they are located near the coast of [[Morocco]]. | ||
| − | The group of islands results from seismic activity that brought up around 500 volcanoes like [[w:Tanganasoga|Tanganasoga]] on [[w:El Hierro|El Hierro]] which presumedly erupted from [[w:2011–12_El_Hierro_eruption|2011 | + | The group of islands results from seismic activity that brought up around 500 volcanoes like [[w:Tanganasoga|Tanganasoga]] on [[w:El Hierro|El Hierro]] which presumedly erupted from [[w:2011–12_El_Hierro_eruption|2011 to 2012]]. |
== Islands == | == Islands == | ||
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Revision as of 23:17, 4 October 2017
Canary Islands
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| Population: | 2,101,924 |
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The Canary Islands belong to Spain although they are located near the coast of Morocco.
The group of islands results from seismic activity that brought up around 500 volcanoes like Tanganasoga on El Hierro which presumedly erupted from 2011 to 2012.
Islands
From east to west the following islands belong to the Canaries:
- Arrecife on Lanzarote (Monte Corona, CHT nomadbase / hackbase)
- Fuerteventura
- Las Palmas on Gran Canaria (Roque de los Muchachos on volcano Teneguía - last eruption in 1971, Bandama Natural Monument, Caldera de Taburiente National Park)
- Santa Cruz on Tenerife (mount Teide on Pico Viejo)
- San Sebastian on La Gomera
- Los Llanos on Aridane
- Val Verde on El Hierro (the "Meridian Island" with Pico de Malpaso and Laguna de la Restinga)
Hitchability
You can try your luck here hitchhiking a sailboat across the Atlantic Ocean.
Resources
Check Nomadwiki for info on accommodation, showers etc. or Trashwiki for dumpsters...and share your wisdom :)
