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There is also a Graciosa in the Azores, see Graciosa Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3520x2346, 1530 KB) La Graciosa as seen from Mirador Del Rio on Lanzarote Photographed by me, Andreas Frank, Germany on 2004-10-22. ...
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Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 13th 7,447 km² 1. ...
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Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem (national) (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do HeroÃsmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region - President Carlos César Establishment - Settled 1439 - Autonomy 1976 Area - Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi...
There is also a Graciosa in the Canary Islands, see Graciosa, Canary Islands Graciosa Island (pron. ...
Graciosa Island or commonly La Graciosa (Spanish for graceful) is an island in the Canary Islands of Spain, located 2 km north of the island of Lanzarote with the strait named Río. 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 town is in the southeastern part of the island with houses encircling the harbor which has two piers and a yacht area in the bay. 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 de Sebo and Casas de Pedro Barba. The island is entirely made up of volcanic sands. Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 13th 7,447 km² 1. ...
Lanzarote is also the title of a novella by Michel Houellebecq, translated into English by Frank Wynne. ...
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. ...
Chinijo Archipelago The Chinijo archipelago is an archipelago located in the northeastern part of the Canary Islands. ...
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. ...
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...
Caleta de Sebo, in the Canary Islands, is the main settlement and capital of La Graciosa. ...
The population is around 600. Tourism is the main industry along with fishing. Every year, tourists flock to the island for its tempered climate and its sandy volcanic coasts. The island has a school, a lyceum, a post office, supermarkets, a port, beaches, a bank, and a square where bicycles can be hired (plaza). Plaza is a Spanish word related to field which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. ...
Streets and roads on La Graciosa are unpaved sand. The Gracioseras can often been seen early each morning sweeping the streets smooth of the previous night's footprints. Motor vehicles are strictly prohibited and limited to a handful of licensed vehicles for special purposes. Since the roads are bad, and cars have to be shipped to Lanzarote for repair, 70% of the motor vehicles on the island are old Land Rovers which often can be repaired by a local serviceman.
Access to the Island is by a twenty-minute ferry crossing from Orzola on Lanzarote to the harbour in the village. Orzola is a harbour and fishing village facing Africa in the north east of Lanzarote. ...
Lanzarote is also the title of a novella by Michel Houellebecq, translated into English by Frank Wynne. ...
Graciosa Island has been raided by pirates for treasures. Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Geographical features
As part of the easternmost islands in the archipelago, the island is extremely arid and entirely made up of bushes and dry soil. Its length is 6 km and the width is 2 km. There are no natural water sources on the island which means a tanker ship carries water to the island when the sea permits.
The mountains lie to the northern and the western part. The southern and the eastern part are hilly. The tallest mountain is Aguja Grandes rising to 266 m. The second tallest is Las Agujas Chicas at 257 m. Other mountains include Montaña Amarilla (Spanish for yellow mountain), situated in the southwestern part and the crater-peaked Monte Bermeja to the northeast. It is partially eroding in the lower part. The elevation is about 178 m.
The island's many beaches include Playa Francesa to the southwest, Playa de la Cocina to the west, Playa Lambra to the east, and the magnificent Playa de las Conchas on the far side. Points include Punta Gorda. The Gorda Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the coast of northern California. ...
180° panorama photo taken from Mirador del Río ( Lanzarote) across the strait of Río showing La Graciosa Image File history File links Download high resolution version (6701x1000, 1524 KB) Summary 180° panorama photo taken from viewpoint Mirador del Rio/Lanzarote in August 2005 showing island of La Graciosa photographed and created by Christian von der Ropp Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (6701x1000, 1524 KB) Summary 180° panorama photo taken from viewpoint Mirador del Rio/Lanzarote in August 2005 showing island of La Graciosa photographed and created by Christian von der Ropp Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del...
art work: logo of Mirador del RÃo Mirador del RÃo is a viewpoint situated on an approximately 475 meters high escarpment called BaterÃa del RÃo in the very north of the Canarian island of Lanzarote. ...
Lanzarote is also the title of a novella by Michel Houellebecq, translated into English by Frank Wynne. ...
References - Pott, Joachim/Hüppe, Joachim/de la Torre, Wofredo Wildpret Die Kanarischen Inseln. Natur- und Kulturlandschaften = The Canary Islands. Natural and Cultural Landscapes, Ulmer : Stuttgart 2003, 320 S., 295 color photos, 28 colored graphica, 3 tables. (represented and illustrated by Geobotanik)
 City Center seen from Weinsteige Road Stuttgart Palace Square - New Palace Solitude Palace The 1956 TV Tower U.S. Army Kelley Barracks Stuttgart [], located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of 591,528 (as of April 2006) in the city...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Lanzarote is also the title of a novella by Michel Houellebecq, translated into English by Frank Wynne. ...
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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...
Islote de Lobos or Lobos Island[1] is a small island of the Canary Islands located between the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. ...
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. ...
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The Pelagie Islands. ...
The Mediterranean island of Lampedusa ( ) is the largest of the Pelagie Islands and is situated 205 km from Sicily and 113 km from Tunisia. ...
Lampione (Italian: Lantern) is a small rocky island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs geographically to the Pelagie Islands and administratively to the comune of Lampedusa (Sicily region). ...
Linosa is a Mediterranean island and one of the small Pelagie Islands which are part of the province of Agrigento, Italy. ...
Anthem: Tera di Solo y suave biento Capital (and largest city) Kralendijk Official languages Dutch Government See Politics of the Netherlands Antilles - Bonaire Administrator - Governor of N.A. Frits Goedgedrag Constitutional monarchy part of the Netherlands Antilles Area - Total 288 km² 111 sq mi Population - 2001 census 10,791 - Density...
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Fabian von Bellingshausen discovered Peter I Island (in Norwegian ) off West Antarctica on January 21, 1821. ...
Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land) is the part of Antarctica lying between the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier, at 20°W, and Shinnan Glacier, at 44° 38E. It has a land area of approximately 2,500,000 km², mostly covered by the Antarctic ice sheet. ...
Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem (national) (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do HeroÃsmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region - President Carlos César Establishment - Settled 1439 - Autonomy 1976 Area - Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi...
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Satellite photo of the Bering Strait, with the Diomede Islands at center. ...
Shikotan (色丹島) (Shikotan in Japanese, Шикотан in Russian), one of the bigger islands of the Kuril Islands, located in the Sakhalin Oblast of Russia. ...
Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 13th 7,447 km² 1. ...
In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain has five plazas de soberanÃa (places of sovereignty) near Morocco administrated directly by Madrids Government. ...
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The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies. ...
Motto: Research and Discovery Anthem: God Save the Queen Status British overseas territory Official language(s) - Commissioner Tony Crombie Administrator Michael Richardson Area 1,395,000 km² Population c. ...
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