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CANARY ISLANDS (Canarias)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 172 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CANARY
CANARY (Serinus canarius)

CANARY ISLANDS (Canarias) , a See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago in the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean; about 6o m. W. of the See also:

AFRICAN

African See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, between 27° 40' and 29° 30' N., and between 13° 20' and 18° ro' W. Pop. (1900) 358,564; See also:

AREA

area 2807 sq. m. The Canary Islands resemble a roughly-See also:

DRAWN

drawn semicircle, with its See also:

CONVEX

convex See also:

side facing See also:

south-wards, and with the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

HIERRO, or FERRO

Hierro detached on the south-See also:

west. More precisely, they may be considered as two See also:

groups, one of which, including See also:

TENERIFFE [Tenerife]

Teneriffe, See also:

GRAND

Grand Canary, See also:

Palma, Hierro and ~adCaMplida Pt. Palma ~S• de is Palma See also:

GOMERA

Gomera, consists of See also:

mountain peaks, isolated and rising directly from an ocean of See also:

GREAT

great See also:

DEPTH

depth; while the other, comprising See also:

LANZAROTE

Lanzarote, See also:

FUERTEVENTURA

Fuerteventura and six uninhabited islets, is based on a single submarine See also:

plateau, of far less depth. Teneriffe and Gomera, the only members of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

GROUP

group which have a See also:

COMMON

common See also:

BASE

base, may be regarded as the twin peaks of one great volcanic See also:

mass. Ever since the researches of See also:

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold von See also:

Buch the Canary Islands have been classical ground to the student of volcanic See also:

ACTION

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