Lanzarote

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Lanzarote

Satellite view (October 2019)
Location in the Canary Islands
Lanzarote Location in Spain
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates	29°02′06″N 13°38′06″W / 29.035°N 13.635°W / 29.035; -13.635
Archipelago	Canary Islands
Area	845.92 km2 (326.61 sq mi)[1]
Coastline	191 km (118.7 mi)[1]
Highest elevation	671 m (2201 ft)[1]
Highest point	Peñas del Chache
Administration
Spain
Autonomous community	Canary Islands
Province	Las Palmas
Capital and largest city	Arrecife (pop. 64735)
President of the cabildo insular	María Dolores Corujo Berriel
Demographics
Demonym	lanzaroteño, -ña; conejero, -a (es)
Population	158798 (start of 2023)[2]
Pop. density	187.7/km2 (486.1/sq mi)
Languages	Spanish, specifically Canarian Spanish
Ethnic groups	Spanish, Canary Islanders, other minority groups
Additional information
Time zone	WET (UTC±00:00)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+01:00)

Lanzarote (UK: /ˌlænzəˈrɒti/,^[3][4] Spanish: [lanθaˈɾote], locally [lansaˈɾote]) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 125 kilometres (80 miles) off the north coast of Africa and 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.92 square kilometres (326.61 square miles), Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 158,798 inhabitants at the start of 2023,^[2] it is the third most populous Canary Island, after Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Located in the centre-west of the island is Timanfaya National Park, one of its main attractions. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1993.^[5] The island's capital is Arrecife, which lies on the eastern coastline.^[6] It is the smaller main island of the Province of Las Palmas.

The first recorded name for the island, given by Italian-Majorcan cartographer Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived. The island's name in the native Guanche language was Tyterogaka or Tytheroygaka, which may mean "one that is all ochre" (referring to the island's predominant colour).^[7]