The surface area of the island of Fuerteventura, measuring 1,658 km2, is the second largest in the Canary Islands. It forms part of an alignment of more than 200 km. beginning in the Islote de Alegranza, to the north of Lanzarote, and extending to almost 20 km. to the south of the point of Jandia, therefore constituting the largest continental platform in the Canary Islands.