Claim: The list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa include places such as the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago west of Morocco.
Evidence: Canary Islands The Canary Islands (/kəˈnɛəri/; Spanish: Islas Canarias, pronounced [ˈislas kaˈnaɾjas), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish archipelago and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain located in the Atlantic Ocean, in a region known as Macaronesia, 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco at the closest point.