La Palma
La Palma is an island of the Canary Islands, which are an integral part of Spain. It is near Morocco, Cape Verde and the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both Portuguese. The nickname of the island is "La Isla Bonita".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Santa Cruz de la Palma.
Santa Cruz de la Palma
Photo: Hapebalf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Cruz de La Palma is the capital of the Canary Island of La Palma and is located on its east side.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Caldera de Taburiente National Park and Roque de los Muchachos.
Caldera de Taburiente National Park
Nature reserve
Photo: MichaD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caldera de Taburiente National Park is a national park on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. It contains the Caldera de Taburiente, which dominates the northern part of the island, and was designated as a national park in 1954.
Roque de los Muchachos
Peak
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Roque de los Muchachos is a rocky mound at the highest point on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The rocks are found at an elevation of 2,426 metres above sea level, not far from the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, where some of the world's largest telescopes are situated; the altitude and the dryness of the climate here give rise to excellent observing conditions.
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Rnt20, Public domain.
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.
La Palma
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Canary Island archipelago
- Also known as: “La Isla Bonita”, “La Isla de San Miguel de La Palma”, “La Palma Island”, and “Palma”
- Categories: volcanic island, administrative territorial entity, and landform
- Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.7225° or 28° 43′ 21″ northLongitude
-17.9056° or 17° 54′ 20″ westPopulation
86,500Elevation
1,195 metres (3,921 feet)Open location code
7CW4P3CV+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 267548705
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“La Palma” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “La Palma”
- Arabic: “لا بالما”
- Aragonese: “La Palma”
- Armenian: “Պալմա (կղզի)”
- Armenian: “Պալմա”
- Asturian: “La Palma”
- Basque: “La Palma”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Пальма”
- Belarusian: “Ла-Пальма”
- Belarusian: “Ля Пальма”
- Belarusian: “Ля-Пальма”
- Belarusian: “Пальма”
- Breton: “La Palma”
- Bulgarian: “Ла Палма”
- Bulgarian: “Палма”
- Catalan: “La Palma”
- Catalan: “San Miguel de La Palma”
- Cebuano: “Isla de La Palma”
- Chinese: “拉帕尔马岛”
- Chinese: “拉帕爾瑪島”
- Chinese: “拉帕爾馬島”
- Czech: “La Palma”
- Czech: “Ostrov La Palma”
- Czech: “San Miguel de la Palma”
- Danish: “La Palma”
- Dutch: “Benahoare”
- Dutch: “La Palma”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لا بالما”
- Esperanto: “La Palma”
- Esperanto: “La Palmo”
- Estonian: “La Palma”
- Finnish: “La Palma”
- French: “Benahoare”
- French: “Île de Palme”
- French: “La Palma”
- French: “San Miguel de La Palma”
- Galician: “A Palma”
- Galician: “La Palma”
- German: “Benahoares”
- German: “Garafía, Los Llanos de Aridane”
- German: “La Palma”
- German: “Tijarafe und Villa de Mazo”
- Greek: “Λα Πάλμα”
- Greek: “Πάλμα”
- Hebrew: “לה פלמה”
- Hungarian: “La Palma”
- Icelandic: “La Palma”
- Inari Sami: “La Palma”
- Indonesian: “La Palma”
- Italian: “La Palma”
- Italian: “San Miguel de La Palma”
- Japanese: “ラ・パルマ島”
- Japanese: “ラパルマ島”
- Korean: “라 팔마 섬”
- Korean: “라 팔마”
- Korean: “라팔마”
- Korean: “라팔마섬”
- Lithuanian: “La Palma”
- Luxembourgish: “La Palma”
- Macedonian: “Ла Палма”
- Malay: “La Palma”
- Northern Frisian: “La Palma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Palma”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “La Palma”
- Norwegian: “La Palma”
- Occitan (post 1500): “La Palma”
- Occitan (post 1500): “San Miguel de La Palma”
- Ossetian: “Пальмæ (сакъадах)”
- Ossetian: “Пальмæ”
- Persian: “لا پالما”
- Polish: “La Palma”
- Portuguese: “La Palma”
- Romanian: “La Palma”
- Russian: “Ла Пальма”
- Russian: “Ла-Пальма”
- Russian: “Пальма”
- Sardinian: “La Palma”
- Scots: “La Palma”
- Scottish Gaelic: “La Palma”
- Serbian: “Ла Палма”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Palma”
- Slovenian: “La Isla Bonita”
- Slovenian: “La Palma”
- Spanish: “Benahoare”
- Spanish: “Isla de La Palma”
- Spanish: “Junonia”
- Spanish: “La Isla Bonita”
- Spanish: “La Palma”
- Spanish: “San Miguel de La Palma”
- Swedish: “Benahoare”
- Swedish: “Junonia”
- Swedish: “La Palma”
- Turkish: “La Palma”
- Ukrainian: “Ла Пальма”
- Ukrainian: “Ла-Пальма”
- Ukrainian: “Пальма”
- Vietnamese: “La Palma”
- Waray (Philippines): “La Palma”
- Western Frisian: “La Palma”
- Western Mari: “Пальма”
- Wu Chinese: “拉帕尔马岛”
- Yue Chinese: “拉帕爾馬島”
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