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The seven major Canary Islands are scattered over 300 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, starting about 60 miles northwest of Morocco in Africa. The archipelago is part of Spain, and the islands have a diverse climate and topography. When reading about the Canaries, I thought their formation sounded much like that of the Hawaiian Islands. Both the Canary and Hawaiian islands are strings of underwater volcanoes, and because of the millions of years separating each island's development, they are all very different. Much like Kauai is the oldest Hawaiian island and Hawaii is the youngest, the Canary Islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote are both over 20 million years old, followed by Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Gomera (12 million years old), and the "baby" islands of La Palma and Hierro (two to three million years old).
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Western Europe
