Roque del Oeste
Roque del Oeste | ||
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Roque del Oeste of La Graciosa seen | ||
Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
Archipelago | Canary Islands | |
Geographical location | 29 ° 18 ′ 39 ″ N , 13 ° 31 ′ 37 ″ W | |
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length | 570 m | |
surface | 1.5 ha | |
Highest elevation | 41 msnm | |
Residents | uninhabited | |
Location north of Lanzarote |
Roque del Oeste is a small uninhabited rocky island of politically to Spain belonging to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean . It belongs to the Chinijo archipelago north of Lanzarote and is administered there by the municipality of Teguise .
geography
From the beach of the island of La Graciosa off Lanzarote , there is a view of the rocky island of Montaña Clara, two kilometers to the west . Directly to the north of it rises the 0.015 square kilometer small, and 41 meters high part of a stratovolcano , the Roque del Oeste , from the Atlantic. It is also called Roque del Infierno ("Hell Rock") because of the danger it poses to shipping .
natural reserve
Like the entire Chinijo archipelago, Roque del Oeste has been part of the nature reserve named Parque Natural del Archipiélago Chinijo since May 1986 .
Within this natural park, the island, with the neighboring islands of Montaña Clara and Roque del Este , has been specially protected since 1994 as Reserva Natural Integral de los Islotes . The protection of this zone is higher than that of the rest of the natural park, so entering the Roque del Oeste is strictly forbidden.