El Dedo de Dios (translated: God's finger) was a famous rock structure in the Atlantic Ocean, located in the northern part of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. During Tropical Storm Delta in November 2005, the thin top of the rocky monument was broken off and fell into the sea, destroying its unique characteristic that had the shape of a finger (thereby the name God's finger). Gran Canaria, rarely Grand Canary (archaic), is the third largest island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 210 km from the northwest coast of Africa and belonging to Spain. ... Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 13th  7,447 km²  1. ... Tropical Storm Delta was the 25th named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. ...

It was one of the magnificent natural monuments of the Canary Islands located outside the coastal city of Agaete, at the north of Gran Canaria. The peculiarly formed mountain has been an inspiration to many artists, and it is believed that the author Domingo Doreste was the first to name it God's finger. Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 13th  7,447 km²  1. ... Agaete is a municipality of Las Palmas province, on the Canary Islands. ...

The area is considered the oldest on Gran Canaria, and started to form around 14 million years ago. During a time span of 2-300,000 years, the oddly shaped monument was created from the basaltic materials in the area. Basalt Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock, sometimes porphyritic, and is often both fine-grained and dense. ...

Reconstruction

The city of Agaete is very dependent on the stream of tourists the attraction has brought, and the mayor has promised to do everything possible to reconstruct it. They are hoping to locate the "fingertip" somewhere on the bottom of the ocean and possibly put it back onto the once emblematic structure. Agaete is a municipality of Las Palmas province, on the Canary Islands. ...

Pictures

God's finger before and after it was knocked off