Canary Island

About Canary Islands: 

• It is an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean.
• It is about 1300 km South of mainland Spain and 115 km West of the African coast (Morocco).
• The Canaries comprise the Spanish provincias (provinces) of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 
• These Islands were formed by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. 
• Climatic condition
  • They have a subtropical climate. Temperatures are warm and show little seasonal variation.
  • It has rich volcanic soils and mild temperatures that support a wide variety of vegetation that generally follows a zonal arrangement based on elevation.

What is an archipelago?

• It is a term used to describe a group or chain of islands that are closely scattered in a body of water, such as a sea, ocean, lake, or river.
• Formation: These islands are typically formed through geological processes such as volcanic activity, tectonic movements, or the accumulation of sediment.

Q1: What is Canary Current?

It is part of a clockwise-setting ocean-current system in the North Atlantic Ocean. It branches south from the North Atlantic Current and flows southwestward along the northwest coast of Africa as far south as Senegal before turning westward to eventually join the Atlantic North Equatorial Current.

Source: Search resumes for 48 missing migrants off Spanish Canaries