List of islands of Spain
This is a list of the main islands of Spain.
- Balearic Islands
- Majorca
- Minorca
- Ibiza
- Formentera
- Cabrera
- And several smaller islands including Illa dels Conills (Conejera), Dragonera, Illa des Penjats, S'Espalmador and Es Vedra
- Canary Islands
- Gran Canaria
- Tenerife
- La Palma
- Lanzarote
- Fuerteventura
- La Gomera
- El Hierro
- And the two small islands of Alegranza and Graciosa, plus the tiny islet of Lobos
- Islands in the Strait of Gibraltar
- Island of Alborán, which belongs to the province or Almería
- The small archipelago of the Chafarinas islands, one of the so-called Plazas Menores de Soberanía, close to the Morocco coast line
- Peñón de Alhucemas, also a Plaza Menor de Soberanía
- Spain also claims the sovereignty over the islet of Perejil
- And some coastal islands, belonging to provinces of mainland Spain such as
- Islas Cíes in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia
- Isla de Arosa in Galicia
- Isla de Ons in Galicia
- Isla de Tarifa, the southernmost point of Western Europe
- Tabarca off the coast of Alicante, Spain's smallest inhabited island
- Columbretes Islands
- Illes Medes off the Costa Brava
- isla de Santa Clara in Donostia
- Guadalquivir river
- Isla de la Cartuja
- Bidasoa river
- Pheasant Island (Isla de los Faisanes), shared with France
See also
References
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