The Canary Islands (the Fortunate Islands of the Greek mythology) form an archipelago in the Macaronesia, an oceanic region that includes also the groups of Green Cape, Açores, Madeira and the Wild Islands. All were -or are being- born from volcanic activity in fails of the Atlantic bottom related to the movement of the tectonic plates supporting Africa and South America, though only the Açores ride the own oceanic dorsal.

The group consists of seven major islands, and La Palma is, together with El Hierro, the most ... (more)