The Canary Islands are situated off the northwest coast of Africa and consist of seven islands which are divided into two provinces.
Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands. It’s situated 200 miles off the west coast of North West Africa at about 28 degrees latitude and 16.5 degrees longitude.
Triangular in shape, the island would fit into a rectangle about 90 km wide by 80 km high and has a road perimeter of about 358 km.
It is dominated by Mount Teide, the extinct volcano that stands at 12,198 feet high (3718m), being the highest mountain of Spanish territory.
The islands are only 300km west of the Western Sahara desert, making the climate much warmer in winter than in Britain.
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