GRAND

See also:

• CANARY
• CANARY (Serinus canarius)

CANARY (Gran Canaria)  , an island in the Atlantic Ocean, forming part of the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands (q.v.) . Pop . (1900) 127,471; area 523 sq. m . Grand Canary, the most fertile island of the group, is nearly circular in shape, with a diameter of 24 M. and a circumference of 75 M . The interior is a mass of mountain with ravines radiating to the shore . Its highest peak, Los Pexos, is 6400 ft . Large tracts are covered with native pine (P. canariensis) . There are several mineral springs on the island . Las Palmas (pop . 44,517), the capital, is described in a separate article . 'Telde (8978), the second place in the island, stands on a plain, surrounded by palm trees . At Atalaya, a short distance from Las Palmas, the making of earthenware vessels employs some hundreds of people, who inhabit holes made in the tufa .