Jandía is a peninsula in the southwestern part of the island of
Fuerteventura in the
Canary Islands. The peninsula is entirely in the municipality of
Pájara. Within the peninsula is Fuerteventura's tallest mountain, Pico de Jandía or ''Pico de la Zarza'', that rises to an elevation of 807 m. Jandía is connected with the rest of Fuerteventura through the
isthmus
An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmus ...
''Istmo de la Pared''. Most of the peninsula has been a nature reserve (''Parque Natural de Jandía'') since 1987.
Boletín Oficial de Canarias
pages 9716 and 9851-4
On the south and east coasts of Jandía there are the beach resorts Jandía Playa
Jandía is a peninsula in the southwestern part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The peninsula is entirely in the municipality of Pájara. Within the peninsula is Fuerteventura's tallest mountain, Pico de Jandía or ''Pico de ...
and Morro Jable. The western coast has some of the most beautiful and sandiest beaches in Fuerteventura and these are also used by surfers. The small fishing village of Cofete
Cofete is a small village in the western part of the Jandía peninsula in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. It is part of the municipality Pájara
Pájara is a municipality in the southwestern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Provinc ...
and the Villa Winter
Villa Winter (''Spanish: Casa de los Winter)'' is a villa situated in a remote location of the southwestern part of the island of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, near the village of Cofete on the Jandía peninsula. The villa was designed and bu ...
are situated on the north side of the peninsula.
Panorama
References
External links
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Morro Jable information, map and photos
* http://www.fuerteventura-infos.de/fuerteventura-report/jandia_report.htm
Jandia information and photographs
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Fuerteventura
Peninsulas of Spain
Landforms of the Canary Islands