Definition of tenerife Tenerife
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| tenerife - a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands | ||
| canaries, canary islands a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces | ||
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tenerife
A Spanish island and the largest of the seven Canary Islands.
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Tenerife is one of the seven Canary Islands. It is part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital of the province being on the island. The other province in the canary Islands is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The flag adopted by the island is that of a white St Andrew's cross on a navy blue background this is due to St Andrew being the patron saint of the island.
Geologically it grew up from a volcano, the Teide. This volcano has had many violent eruptions over its very long history, the most recent of those eruptions took place in 1909.
Island capital is Santa Cruz de Tenerife, other important cities are Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava and La Laguna, all in the north of the island.
The island is currently dependant on the tourism industry for much of its income.
Tenerife has two international airports, one in the north near Santa Cruz, one in the south near the centres of tourism in Playa de Las Americas, Costa Adeje and Los Christianos.
The biggest tourist attractions are the volcano Teide (top is more than 3,000 m above sea level) and the Loro Parque in Puerto de la Cruz.
