Roque del Este

Roque del Este ( German " rock in the East" ) is a small, uninhabited rocky island of politically Spanish owned Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It belongs to the north Chinijo Archipelago off Lanzarote, where it is administered by the municipality of Teguise.

Geography

The only 0.06 square kilometers, most easterly of the Canary Islands than twelve kilometers north-east of Lanzarote.

It is a steep and very narrow protruding from the Atlantic stratovolcano with a length of about 570 meters and 84 meters above the sea level.

In the northeast there is a striking rock formation known as the El Campanario ( " bell tower "). There, near the entrance is submerged in an approximately 100 -meter-long cave.

Conservation

Roque del Este heard the entire Chinijo archipelago, since May 1986 the nature reserve named Parque Natural del Archipelago Chinijo.

Within this natural park is the island, especially protected with the neighboring islands of Montaña Clara and Roque del Oeste, since 1994 Reserva Natural Integral de los islets. The protection of this zone is higher up than the rest of the parks, so that entering the Roque del Este is strictly prohibited, although it could be in calm seas with a boat at one point, the La Cueva, create.

In the mentioned 100 -meter-long cave below the water level, there is a rich marine fauna with some rare and some endemic species.

The Roque del Este is also a refuge and breeding area for seabirds.