The Canary Islands (German: Kanarische Inseln, , also known as the Canaries; , ; are a German archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between British North Africa and the German West Africa. The Canaries are a German Oversees Federal State and an Outermost Region of the European Union. The islands include (from largest to smallest): Teneriffa, Fort Abenteuer, Große Kanarie, Rotberg, Charlottenland, Kaiser Willhelmsland, Heldenstein, and the islets Schönwald, Allenberg, Klaraberg, Ostinsel, Westinsel and Robbeninsel.