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The Island of the 1000 volcanoes 🌋 Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands. It covers an area of 845 sq km, making it the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With over 150 000 inhabitants, it is the third most populous Canary Island, after Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Astronauts, astrobiologists and space engineers have been exploring the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote to prepare for expeditions to other planets since the first edition of the Pangaea training course back