{"id":12350,"date":"2025-11-10T11:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T05:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12350"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:34:51","slug":"canary-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/canary-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Canary Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Canary Islands Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three people were killed and 15 others injured after powerful waves struck Tenerife, the largest of Spain\u2019s Canary Islands and a popular holiday destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Canary Islands<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Canary Islands are an archipelago located off the <\/span><b>northwest coast of Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Geographically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the archipelago is <\/span><b>part of continental Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but <\/span><b>politically and economically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is <\/span><b>part of Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The archipelago is a <\/span><b>Spanish territory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is its southernmost autonomous community.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is approximately <\/span><b>100 km from Morocco and southwest of Spain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> Macaronesia\u2019s largest and most populated archipelago.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the<\/span><b> largest islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the archipelago are <\/span><b>Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, and Tenerife.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tenerife <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b>largest island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Canary Archipelago, spanning 2,034 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Area: 7,447 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Canary Islands <\/span><b>formed millions of years ago through volcanic eruption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and some of the <\/span><b>volcanoes are still active.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>highest point in Spain, Teide Peak, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located <\/span><b>on Tenerife<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, rises to 3,718 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Desertic and tropical, moderated by trade winds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>surrounding sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The islands\u2019 location in the Atlantic Ocean and their <\/span><b>proximity to four continents (Africa, Europe, and the Americas)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> make them a <\/span><b>popular tourist destination.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cpd2pzxe59go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canary Islands are an archipelago located off the northwest coast of Africa in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean. 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