Maspalomas Dunes
The Maspalomas Dunes are sand dunes located on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. A 404-hectare area of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, they have been protected as a nature reserve since 1987.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Himarerme, Public domain.
Photo: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: natural space in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain
- Also known as: “Dunes of Maspalomas”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maspalomas Lighthouse and Columbus memorial.
Maspalomas Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wouterhagens, Public domain.
The Maspalomas Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse at the southern end of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, in the Canary archipelago. It lies at one end of the Maspalomas beach, 4 kilometres south of the resort town centre, next to the area known as the Maspalomas Dunes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés.
Maspalomas
Photo: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maspalomas is a tourist resort in the south of the island of Gran Canaria. In common usage the districts San Fernando, Sonnenland and Meloneras belong to Maspalomas. Nearby are Playa del Inglés and San Agustín.
Playa del Inglés
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 3.0.
Playa del Inglés is a large tourist metropolis right next to Maspalomas, with beautiful dune beaches.
Meloneras
Suburb
Meloneras is a tourist town on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, part of the town of Maspalomas in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Maspalomas Dunes
- Categories: beach, recreation area, Reserva Natural, desert, tourist attraction, and sand
- Location: San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
27.74393° or 27° 44′ 38″ northLongitude
-15.58253° or 15° 34′ 57″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
7CV6PCV8+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 27509214OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=sandOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Maspalomas Dunes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- Cebuano: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- Chinese: “馬斯帕洛馬斯沙丘”
- Chinese: “馬斯帕洛馬斯自然沙丘保護區”
- Chinese: “马斯帕洛马斯沙丘”
- Czech: “Maspalomas Dunes”
- Dutch: “Duinen van Maspalomas”
- Dutch: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- Dutch: “Dünen von Maspalomas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماسبالوماس ديونز”
- French: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- French: “Dunes de Maspalomas”
- Galician: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- German: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- German: “Dünen von Maspalomas”
- Italian: “dune di Maspalomas”
- Italian: “Dune di Maspalomas”
- Low German: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- Polish: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- Russian: “Дюны Маспаломас”
- Slovenian: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- Slovenian: “Maspalomaške peščine”
- Slovenian: “Maspalomaške sipine”
- Spanish: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- Swedish: “Dunas de Maspalomas”
- “Dunas de Maspalomas”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maspalomas Dunes”. Photo: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0.