Lanzarote is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands ( Spain ). Situated in the Atlantic Ocean and approximately 125km from the coast of Africa. Covering 845.9 km2, it is the fourth largest of the Canary Islands. The first recorded name for the island, given by Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is...