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by Bloomy22 853 days ago
…and yet tectonically it is not part of the African plate.
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Tabular-Iceberg 853 days ago
Do you suppose the first Guanches felt the bump when they went over from one plate to the next in their boats?
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pavlov 853 days ago
Nobody claimed otherwise…
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pezezin 853 days ago
What? The Canary Islands are very much part of the African Plate. Here, you can see the islands clearly on the map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Plate

Are you mistaking them with the Azores?

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