Strait of El Río
El Río is the name given to the sea strait that separates La Graciosa from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Río, in Spanish, means 'river'. At its narrowest point, the strait is just over 1.1 kilometres wide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Spain
- Also known as: “El Rio” and “Estrecho del Rio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Graciosa and Mirador del Río.
Graciosa
Photo: Liproj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graciosa is the smallest inhabited island of the Canary Islands archipelago. It extends 8 km north-south and 4 km east-west, with an arid landscape and a population of 734 in 2018.
Mirador del Río
Café
Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mirador del Río is a viewpoint on an approximately 475-metre-high escarpment called Batería del Río in the north of the Canarian island of Lanzarote.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caleta de Sebo and Yé.
Caleta de Sebo
Hamlet
Graciosa is the smallest inhabited island of the Canary Islands archipelago. It extends 8 km north-south and 4 km east-west, with an arid landscape and a population of 734 in 2018.
Yé
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ye is a village belonging to the municipality of Haría, on the island of Lanzarote, located at the foot of the north face of the volcano La Corona. Originally, this town was a pasture, as stated in an old document of 1576 preserved in the Archives of Teguise, in which Agustin de Herrera y Rojas, owner of the island at that time, bequeathed the property to his daughter Constanza.
Órzola
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Órzola is a village in the municipality of Haría on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is the northernmost settlement of the island. As of 2021, it has a population of 352 inhabitants.
Strait of El Río
- Category: body of water
- Location: Teguise, Las Palmas, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
29.22296° or 29° 13′ 23″ northLongitude
-13.50028° or 13° 30′ 1″ westElevation
105 metres (344 feet)Open location code
7CX86FFX+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 7803763720OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Strait of El Río” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “El Río”
- Indonesian: “Selat El Río”
- Spanish: “El Río”
- Swedish: “El Río”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as la Sociedad and la Vista.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include las Salinas del Río and Parroquia Virgen del Mar.
Lanzarote: Must-Visit Destinations
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