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,
Gorg Blau Gorg Blau Gorg Blau is an artificial reservoir on the island of Majorca in the Balearic Islands, located in valleys between the Puig Major & Puig de Massanella. With Cúber, since 1971, it provides water to the city of Palma and the surrounding areas. The torrent which starts at the reservoir, named the Gorg Blau Torrent or Sa Fosca Torrent, finishes in the Pareis Torrent. It was declared a natural monument by the Balearic Islands Government in 2003. Until 1971, the name Gorg Blau referred to the thinnest place of the Pareis Torrent, which is the place that crossed the