Alegranza
Elevation:	289 m
Latitude:	29.4° N (29°24' N)
Longitude:	13.52° W (13°31' W)
Location:	northeastern Canary Islands, Spain
Distance from the coast of Africa:	110 km W
Area:	10.202 km² (10,202.34 ha)
Type:	Stratovolcano?
Last eruption:	Unknown
First ascent:
Easiest route:	climb

Alegranza is an island situated in the Atlantic Ocean located to the coast of Africa and is in the province of Las Palmas next to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, an autonomous region of 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 Image File history File links Chinijo_Alegranza. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Latitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing lines of longitude, which appear curved and vertical in this projection, but are actually halves of great circles Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ... Eruption can refer to: Volcanic eruption The eruption of teeth through the gum Eruption (band) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... Mountaineering is the sport or hobby or profession of climbing mountains and is sometimes also known as alpinism, particularly in Europe. ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2003 population 220,022) is a Spanish city on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean ca. ... Chinijo Archipelago The Chinijo archipelago is an archipelago located in the northeastern part of the Canary Islands. ...

Data

The area is 10.2 km², there are no inhabitants on the island.

Information

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 caldera with a crater of about 1.1 km in diameter and an altitude of 289 m. The second highest is Montana de Lobos at 256 m and following La Rapagura. The northern portion is mainly flat. 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 2002 : January _ February _ March _ April _ May _ June _ July _ August _ September _ October _ November _ December _ → A timeline of events in the news for December, 2002. ...

Municipality

The island is part of the municipality of Teguise on Lanzarote. 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. ...

Graciosa Island or commonly La Graciosa (Spanish for graceful) is an island located 2 km north of the lsland of Lanzarote with the strait named Río. ... Los Lobos Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... Montaña Clara (Spanish meaning light-colored mountain) is a small islet belonging to the so-caled Chinijo Archipelago, in the northeastern part of the Canary Islands, only a short distance (about 2 km) northwest of La Graciosa. ... Roque del Este (Spanish for rock of the east) is an unhabited island located 12 km northeast of the lsland of Lanzarote. ... Roque del Oeste (Spanish for rock of the west) is an unhabited islet located 2 km northwest of the lsland of Montaña Clara, in the northeasternmost part of the Canary Islands. ...

Enlaces externos

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