Macronesia

Macaronesia – archipelagos (five) lying in the North Atlantic Ocean near Northern Africa and Southwest Europe.

            --not part of a continent

            --islands of volcanic origin

            --subtropical to tropical climate

Independent

Cape Verde Islands (once owned by Portugal ) (Republic of Cape Verde)

 

Portugal

Azores (autonomous region of Portugal)

Madeira Islands (autonomous region of Portugal)

            --Including Desertas Islands (autonomous region of Madeira)

               and Porto Santo Island (easternmost and northernmost of Madeira)

Savage Islands (between Canary Islands and Madeira)

Spain

Canary Islands (European Union’s outermost region)