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1492
Most Westerly Point on Earth
the island was considered the most westerly point of land on Earth. When Ptolemy developed the idea of a prime meridian in the second century, he drew the first line through what we now call the Canary Islands. -
1546
New World
Sailors went drifting for days in calm water off the coast of El Hierro And gave the islanders an image of the Virgin Mary that they had been carrying for delivery to the New World. -
First Energy Dependent Island
El Hierro has worked steadily at becoming the first energy-independent island in the world that is powered only by renewable energy sources. -
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization named El Hierro a Biosphere Reserve. -
Oil Company
The Spanish Minister of Industry gave a national oil company permission to drill three deep-water perforations in the ocean seabed near the Canary Islands.