El Pinar (Spanish: ''El Pinar de El Hierro'') is a Spanish municipality on the island of
El Hierro
El Hierro, nicknamed ''Isla del Meridiano'' (the "Meridian Island"), is the second-smallest and farthest-south and -west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a populatio ...
(nicknamed ''Isla del Meridiano'', the "Meridian Island"),
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
. It was created in 2007.
Sites of interest
At the western end of El Pinar is the
Punta Orchilla lighthouse
The Punta Orchilla Lighthouse ( es, Faro de Punta Orchilla) is an active lighthouse on the Canary island of El Hierro in the municipality of El Pinar. The need for a lighthouse on the island was highlighted in the second maritime lighting plan ...
which was completed in 1933.
See also
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Pico de Malpaso
Pico de Malpaso (English: "difficult step peak") is the highest point on the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Spain.
Geography
The summit rises at the centre of the island on the border between Frontera and El Pinar de El Hierro mu ...
References
Municipalities in El Hierro
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