FUERTEVENTURA ISLAND

Spanish Isla De Fuerteventura, island, one of the eastern Canary Islands, Las Palmas provincia, Canary Islands comunidad autnoma (autonomous community), Spain. It lies in the North Atlantic, 65 miles (105 km) west of Cape Juby, Morocco. This volcanic island, second largest of the Canaries, measures 60 miles in length and has an area of 668 square miles (1,730 square km). It lies southwest of Lanzarote (island) across Bocaina Strait. The island, rising to 2,648 feet (807 m) at Janda Peninsula (southwest), has eroded beaches. It has a warm and dry climate with scanty rainfall occurring mostly in winter. Puerto del Rosario and Gran Tarajal, both on the east shore, are the largest settlements on the island. There is regular airline service to Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Pop. (1981) 30,185.