 GENERAL INFO (Jump to Diary)With an area of 370.03 square kilometres, it is the third-smallest of the archipelago's eight main islands with a diameter of around 22 km. It belongs to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. La Gomera is the third least populous of the eight main Canary Islands, with around 22,500 inhabitants. Its capital is San Sebastián de La Gomera. The
name “La Gomera” might have roots in the time of the ancient Phoenician and
Greek navigators. It is said that it could derive
It is very mountainous and steeply sloping and rises to
1,487 meters at its highest peak, Alto
de Garajonay. The lower altitudes of La Gomera fall into the desert
climate zone, while the higher mountainous areas fall into the Mediterranean
climate zone. That create a various nature, although not that rich. The flora is not that plentiful, but the official natural symbols associated with La Gomera are paloma rabiche; Columba junoniae and viñátigo; Persea indica. The more interesting animals to me are the Mediterranean Tree Frog; Hyla meridionalis, Boettger's Lizard; Gallotia caesaris, Blue-spotted Cylindrical Skink; Chalcides coeruleopunctatus and Gomero Wall Gecko; Tarentola gomerensis. Here are a long list of birds, mainly along the coast.
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