The New International Encyclopædia/Fuerteventura
FUERTEVENTURA fwâr'tắ-vĕn-tōō'rȧ. One
of the ../Canary Islands/ (q.v.), situated south of
Lanzarote, across the Straits of Bacayna (Map:
Spain, B 5). Its area is over 650 square miles.
There are a number of extinct volcanoes, with a
maximum elevation reaching 2800 feet. The soil
is only slightly productive, the larger portion
being best adapted for grazing. Tree-growth is
almost entirely lacking except in the case of a
few fruit and nut trees. Population, in 1900,
11,662. Cabras, on the east coast, has a good
harbor.

Canary Islands