Description of the areas to be avoided
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Description of the areas to be avoided

 In order to prevent the risks of pollution and environmental damage in highly sensitive sea areas, all tankers and ships over 500 gross tonnage carrying oil or dangerous bulk cargo as cargo should avoid the following areas:

Parent topic: B Areas to be Avoided by Ships Transiting the Canary Islands

Off Lanzarote Island (biosphere reserve)

 An area contained between the meridians of longitude 013° 15'.00 W and 013° 39'.00 W and the parallels of latitude 29° 07'.00 N and 29° 30'.00 N.

Off the island of Tenerife (cetacean breeding ground)

 An area, between the meridian of longitude 017° 22'.00 W and the south coast of the island and the parallels of latitude 28° 00'.00 N and 28° 21'.00 N.

Off the Island of Grand Canary (cetacean breeding ground)

 An area contained between the meridian of longitude 016° 00'.00 W and the coast and the parallels of latitude 27° 44'.00 N and 28° 00'.00 N.

Off La Palma island (biosphere reserve)

 An area contained between the meridians of longitude 017° 35'.00 W and 018° 00'.00 W and the parallels of latitude 28° 17'.00 N and 29° 00'.00 N.

Off the Island of El Hierro (biosphere reserve)

 An area contained within the Canary Islands between the parallel of latitude 28° 00'.00 N, the meridians of longitude 017° 42'.00 W and 018° 21'.00 W and the co-ordinates 27° 48'.00 N 017° 11'.00 W, 27° 23'.00 N 017° 58'.00 W and 27° 36'.00 N 018° 25'.00 W.

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