List of islands of Spain
This list of islands in Spain incapsulates the country's islands both within its territorial borders and its overseas possessions.
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Country | Sea | Name | Archipelago | Autonomous Community | Province | Municipality | Area | Population | Density |
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046 | A-0 | Isla de Ízaro | – | Basque Country | Vizcaya | Bermeo | 0.144 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Garraitz | – | Basque Country | Vizcaya | Lequeitio | 0.065 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Santa Clara | – | Basque Country | Guipúzcoa | San Sebastián | 0.056 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | – | Basque Country | Vizcaya | Bermeo | 0.03 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Basque Country | Vizcaya | Pedernales | 0.027 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Basque Country | Vizcaya | Górliz | 0.018 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | Isla de los Faisanes | – | Basque Country | Guipúzcoa (shared with France) | Irún | 0.0078 | – | – |
031 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Escalante | 0.37 | – | – | |
038 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Ribamontán al Mar | 0.2178 | – | – | |
050 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Marina de Cudeyo | 0.104 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Santander | 0.0795 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Santa Cruz de Bezana | 0.0349 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | 0.0304 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | 0.027 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Suances | 0.023 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Liencres | 0.022 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | o Castru los Carneros | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Val de San Vicente | 0.02 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla de Mouro | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Santander | 0.0209 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Val de San Vicente | 0.013 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Miengo | 0.0063 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Santander | 0.005 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | 0.004 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Marina de Cudeyo | 0.002 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Santander | 0.0015 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Santander | 0.0015 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Miengo | 0.00124 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Miengo | 0.001 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Santander | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Castro Urdiales | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Noja | n/d | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Elechas | – | – | ||
0 | A-0 | – | Cantabria | Cantabria | Elechas | – | – | ||
0 | A-0 | Deva | – | Asturias | Asturias | Castrillón | 0.07 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Pantorgas | – | Asturias | Asturias | Tapia de Casariego | 0.069 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Islas de Póo | – | Asturias | Asturias | Llanes | 0.052 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla Herbosa | – | Asturias | Asturias | Gozón | 0.042 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla del Castrón de Santiuste | – | Asturias | Asturias | Llanes | 0.03 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla del Forcón | – | Asturias | Asturias | El Franco | 0.028 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla de Borizo | – | Asturias | Asturias | Llanes | 0.028 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla del Carmen | – | Asturias | Asturias | Gozón | 0.022 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | La Islona | – | Asturias | Asturias | Llanes | 0.021 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla de Tapia | – | Asturias | Asturias | Tapia de Casariego | 0.02 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla de Veiga | – | Asturias | Asturias | Navia | 0.02 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Isla Ballota | – | Asturias | Asturias | Llanes | 0.011 | – | – |
015 | A-0 | Illa de Arousa | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | A Illa de Arousa | 6.32 | 4,956 | – |
018 | A-0 | Islas Cíes | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Vigo | 4.34 | 3 | – |
019 | A-0 | Ons | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Bueu | 4.14 | 81 | – |
021 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 1.88 | – | – | |
024 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | O Grove | 1.10 | 47 | – | |
026 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Malpica de Bergantiños | 0.68 | – | – | |
028 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Vilagarcía de Arousa | 0.54 | – | – | |
033 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Bueu | 0.32 | – | – | |
035 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Poio | 0.28 | – | – | |
039 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Nigrán | 0.19 | – | – | |
043 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Lugo | O Vicedo | 0.16 | – | – | |
044 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | O Grove | 0.15 | – | – | |
045 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | A Coruña | 0.15 | – | – | |
047 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 0.135 | – | – | |
048 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 0.115 | – | – | |
049 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Vigo | 0.106 | – | – | |
050 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Sanxenxo | 0.10 | – | – | |
050 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Cambados | 0.10 | – | – | |
050 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Lugo | Xove | 0.10 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | A Illa de Arousa | 0.09 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Muros | 0.075 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Carnota | 0.07 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 0.065 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Cambados | 0.06 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Lugo | Cervo | 0.06 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | A Illa de Arousa | 0.056 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Vilagarcía de Arousa | 0.055 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Carnota | 0.05 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ferrol | 0.05 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 0.04 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Vilagarcía de Arousa | 0.04 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 0.04 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | Isla de San Simón | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Redondela | 0.03 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Lugo | Viveiro | 0.03 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | O Grove | 0.02 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Oleiros | 0.019 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Lugo | Ribadeo | 0.019 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 0.016 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Marín | 0.014 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ortigueira | 0.013 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Pontevedra | Redondela | 0.012 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | A Coruña | 0.011 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | Lugo | Ribadeo | 0.011 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | – | Galicia | A Coruña | Ribeira | 0.011 | – | – | |
0 | – | Ceuta | Ceuta | Ceuta | n/d | – | – | ||
0 | – | Andalusia | Huelva | Ayamonte | n/d | – | – | ||
0 | – | Andalusia | Huelva | Isla Cristina | n/d | – | – | ||
0 | – | Andalusia | Huelva | Huelva | n/d | – | – | ||
0 | Isla Mayor | – | Andalusia | Sevilla | Isla Mayor | n/d | – | – | |
0 | – | Andalusia | Cádiz | Tarifa | n/d | – | – | ||
0 | Isla de León | – | Andalusia | Cádiz | San Fernando | n/d | – | – | |
016 | Trocadero | – | Andalusia | Cádiz | Puerto Real | 5.24 | – | – | |
0 | Sancti Petri | – | Andalusia | Cádiz | San Fernando | 0.097 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Andalusia | Almería | Carboneras | 0.0703 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Andalusia | Almería | Pulpí | 0.0111 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Andalusia | Almería | Pulpí | 0.006 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | Alborán | – | Andalusia | Almería | Almería | 0.068 | – | – |
0 | – | Andalusia | Cádiz | Cádiz | 0.045 | – | – | ||
0 | – | Andalusia | Cádiz | Chipiona | 0.0008 | – | – | ||
0 | – | Andalusia | Cádiz | San Roque | 0.0002 | – | – | ||
025 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | San Javier | 0.938 | – | – | |
036 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | San Javier | 0.258 | – | – | |
041 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | San Javier | 0.165 | – | – | |
042 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Cartagena | 0.163 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Águilas | 0.063 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Mazarrón | 0.08 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Cartagena | 0.04 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Cartagena | 0.024 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Cartagena | 0.022 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Cartagena | 0.012 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Murcia | Región de Murcia | Cartagena | 0.01 | – | – | |
030 | M-0 | Isla de Tabarca | – | Valencian Community | Alicante | Alicante | 0.403 | 203 | – |
040 | M-0 | – | Valencian Community | Castellón | Castellón de la Plana | 0.19 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Valencian Community | Alicante | Benidorm | 0.072 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Valencian Community | Alicante | Jávea | 0.083 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Valencian Community | Alicante | Jávea | 0.025 | – | – | |
037 | M-0 | Medas | – | Catalonia | Gerona | L'Estartit | 0.22 | – | – |
0 | M-0 | – | Catalonia | Gerona | Cadaqués | 0.084 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Catalonia | Gerona | Cadaqués | 0.055 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Catalonia | Gerona | Cadaqués | 0.025 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Catalonia | Gerona | Llançá | 0.022 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Catalonia | Gerona | Palamós | 0.018 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Catalonia | Tarragona | Sant Jaume d'Enveja | 10 | 4 | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Catalonia | Gerona | Cadaqués | 0.007 | – | – | |
001 | M-0 | Mallorca | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | – | 3,620.42 | 859,289 | – |
007 | M-0 | Menorca | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | – | 694.39 | 92,346 | – |
008 | M-0 | Ibiza | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | – | 571.04 | 133,702 | – |
011 | M-0 | Formentera | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Formentera | 83.20 | 10,757 | – |
013 | M-0 | Cabrera | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Palma de Mallorca | 11.53 | – | – |
020 | M-0 | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Andraitx | 2.52 | – | – | |
023 | M-0 | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Formentera | 1.37 | – | – | |
027 | M-0 | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Mahón | 0.58 | – | – | |
032 | M-0 | Isla del Aire | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | San Luís | 0.34 | – | – |
0 | M-0 | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Mahón | 0.044 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Mercadal | 0.005 | – | – | |
0 | M-0 | – | Balearic Islands | Islas Baleares | Es Migjorn | 0.004 | – | – | |
002 | A-0 | Tenerife | – | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | – | 2,034.38 | 888,184 | – |
003 | A-0 | Fuerteventura | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | – | 1,659.74 | 107,367 | – |
004 | A-0 | Gran Canaria | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | – | 1,560.10 | 847,830 | – |
005 | A-0 | Lanzarote | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | – | 845.94 | 143,738 | – |
006 | A-0 | La Palma | – | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | – | 708.32 | 82,346 | – |
009 | A-0 | La Gomera | – | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | – | 369.76 | 20,783 | – |
010 | A-0 | El Hierro | – | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | – | 268.71 | 10,587 | – |
012 | A-0 | La Graciosa | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | Teguise | 29.00 | 720 | – |
014 | A-0 | Alegranza | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | Teguise | 10.30 | – | – |
017 | A-0 | Lobos Island | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | La Oliva | 4.50 | – | – |
022 | A-0 | Montaña Clara | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | Teguise | 1.48 | – | – |
050 | A-0 | Roques de Anaga | – | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 0.100 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Roque de Garachico | – | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Garachico | 0.050 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | Roque del Este | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | Teguise | 0.045 | – | – |
0 | A-0 | – | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Frontera y Valverde | 0.035 | – | – | |
0 | A-0 | Roque del Oeste | – | Canary Islands | Las Palmas | Teguise | 0.021 | – | – |
029 | Islas Chafarinas | – | Plaza de Soberanía | Ninguna | Ninguno | 0.52 | – | – | |
034 | Islas Alhucemas | – | Plaza de Soberanía | Ninguna | Ninguno | 0.30 | – | – | |
034 | Isla de Perejil | – | Plaza de Soberanía | Ninguna | Ninguno | 0.30 | – | – |
Spanish Micronesia[]
Spain owned several Pacific islands as part of the Spanish East Indies. After its defeat in the Spanish–American War of 1898, it lost the Philippines. The German–Spanish Treaty (1899) sold the Carolinas, Marianas and Palau to the German Empire. In 1948, Emilio Pastor Santos of the Spanish National Research Council found that the charts and maps up to 1899 had shown that Kapingamarangi and a few other islands had never been considered part of the Caroline Islands, were not included in the description of the territory transferred to Germany and were never ceded by Spain; therefore, Spain would retain sovereignty.[1][2] In 2014, the Spanish government closed any speculation on the issue of its possession in the Pacific with an answer in the Congress to the deputy Jon Iñarritu. According to its interpretation, Spain yielded in 1899 every remaining possession in the Pacific.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Pastor y Santos, Emilio Territorios de Soberanía española en Oceanía, Instituto de Estudios Africanos, CSIC, Madrid, 1950
- ^ Weaver, Zay Territories under Spanish Sovereignty in Oceania (partial translation of Pastor y Santos, Emilio Territorios de Soberanía española en Oceanía), Palau Museum, Koror, 1967
- ^ "El Gobierno zanja toda especulación sobre el mantenimiento de posesiones españolas en el Pacífico" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 20 April 2014.
- ^ Manuel P. Villatoro (23 September 2016). "Las islas hispánicas perdidas por todo el mundo: así es el recuerdo de que España fue un imperio" (in Spanish). ABC.
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