El Hierro

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Canary Island island

El Hierro is the smallest and westernmost of Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its volcanic landscapes, marine reserves, and pioneering use of renewable energy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
El Pinar de El Hierro 1
Isla de El Hierro 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canary Island ⓘ
island ⓘ
alternativeName Ferro ⓘ
El Hierro ⓘ
surface form: Isla de El Hierro
belongsToCountry Spain ⓘ
biosphereReserveDesignationYear 2000 ⓘ
capital Valverde ⓘ
climate subtropical oceanic climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
energySystemType wind-hydro power plant ⓘ
geologicalType volcanic island ⓘ
hasAirport El Hierro Airport ⓘ
hasFeature lava fields ⓘ
marine reserves ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
volcanic landscapes ⓘ
hasMunicipality El Hierro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: El Pinar de El Hierro

Frontera ⓘ
Valverde ⓘ
hasPort Puerto de la Estaca ⓘ
hasPowerPlant Gorona del Viento ⓘ
hasProtectedStatus large proportion of territory under environmental protection ⓘ
hasVillage La Restinga – Mar de Las Calmas ⓘ
surface form: La Restinga
highestElevation 1501 metres ⓘ
highestPoint Malpaso ⓘ
historicalPrimeMeridian used as reference meridian before Greenwich ⓘ
islandGroup Canary Islands ⓘ
ISOCode ES-CI ⓘ
knownFor diving ⓘ
renewable energy projects ⓘ
sustainable development initiatives ⓘ
largestSettlement Valverde ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ
marineProtectedArea La Restinga – Mar de Las Calmas ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Macaronesia ⓘ
Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ⓘ
positionInArchipelago westernmost island of the Canary Islands ⓘ
regionalGovernment Canary Islands ⓘ
surface form: Canary Islands autonomous community
relativeSizeInArchipelago smallest major island of the Canary Islands ⓘ
renewableEnergyShareGoal 100% renewable electricity ⓘ
sovereignState Spain ⓘ
timeZone Western European Summer Time ⓘ
Western European Time ⓘ
tourismType eco-tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
volcanicOrigin true ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Hierro → alternativeName → El Hierro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isla de El Hierro
Canary Islands → hasIsland → El Hierro ⓘ
El Hierro → hasMunicipality → El Hierro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Pinar de El Hierro
Macaronesia → hasPart → El Hierro ⓘ
Guanche people → inhabited → El Hierro ⓘ
La Gomera → neighboringIsland → El Hierro ⓘ