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) HMS Minorca (1805) HMS "Minorca" was a "Cruizer"-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1805. She served during the Napoleonic Wars in the Mediterranean and was sold in 1814 after an uneventful career. Commander Henry Duncan commissioned "Minorca" in August 1805 and then sailed her for the Mediterranean. Duncan received promotion to post captain on 16 January 1806, but was not actually replaced until 19 April. Commander Granville George Waldegrave replaced Duncan. On 23 December "Minorca" captured a Spanish merchant vessel. As "Minorca" was entering the Straits of Gibraltar on her way to join her station at Gibraltar, 11