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Location Information:
Lanzarote is situated at 29°00'
north, 13°40' west. It is located 11
km north-east of Fuerteventura and 1
mile from Graciosa. The dimensions
of the island are 60 km from north
to south and 25 km from west to
east. Lanzarote has 213 km of
coastline, of which 10 km are sand,
16.5 km are beach, and the remainder
are rocky. Its dramatic landscape
includes the mountain ranges of
Famara (671m) in the north and
Ajaches (608m) to the south. South
of the Famara massif is the El Jable
desert which separates Famara and
Montaņas del Fuego.
The
mountainous area of Lanzarote is
called Timanfaya National Park. The
tallest mountain is Peņas del Chache
elevating 670m above sea level. The
"Tunnel of Atlantis" is the largest
submerged volcanic tunnel in the
world. The island is a UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve protected site.
Lanzarote is the easternmost island
of the Canary Islands and has
volcanic origin. It was born out of
fiery eruptions and has solidified
lava streams as well as extravagant
rock formations. Lanzarote, a
Spanish island, is the easternmost
of the autonomous Canary Islands, in
the Atlantic Ocean, approximately
125 km off the coast of Africa and
1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula.
Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the
fourth largest of the islands. The
first recorded name for the island,
given by Angelino Dulcert, was
Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus,
after the Genoese navigator
Lancelotto Malocello, from which the
modern name is derived. The island's
name in the native language was
Titerro(y)gatra, which may mean "the
red mountains"
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