Balearic Islands cut by a network of northwest to southeast faults. The main islands of the autonomous community are Majorca ("Mallorca"), Menorca/Minorca ("Menorca"), Ibiza ("Eivissa/Ibiza"), and Formentera, all popular tourist destinations. Amongst the minor islands is Cabrera, the location of the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park. The islands can be further grouped, with Majorca, Menorca, and Cabrera as the Gymnesian Islands ("Illes Gimnèsies"), and Ibiza and Formentera as the Pityusic Islands ("Illes Pitiüses" officially in Catalan), also referred to as the Pityuses (or sometimes informally in English as the Pine Islands). Many minor islands or islets are close to the biggest islands,
HMS Minorca (1805) two swivel guns. She and her crew of 39 men had been out of Genoa for 35 days but had captured nothing. In September "Minorca" was in company with Captain Charles Bullen and his frigate "Volontaire" as they reconnoitred the Spanish east coast towards the Medes Islands, which they had not yet visited. On 4 June 1811 "Minorca" recaptured "Manchester" and sent her into Malta, where she arrived five days later. "Manchester", of and for New York, had been coming from Sicily when a French privateer captured her on 1 June off Sardinia. On 22 January 1812 "Minorca" recaptured "Providence