List of Islands of Spain

This is a list of the main islands of Spain.

  • Balearic Islands
    • Majorca
    • Minorca
    • Ibiza
    • Formentera
    • Cabrera
    • Tremac
    • 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
  • Spanish Micronesia
    • Coroa
    • Os Guedes
    • Acea
    • Pescadores
  • 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 Arousa also 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
  • Guadalquivir river
    • Isla de la Cartuja
  • Bidasoa river
    • Pheasant Island (Isla de los Faisanes), shared with France

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