Alegrenza is the titular island featured in the Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island movie.
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A small uninhabited island in Las Palmas, Alegranza was the northernmost point in the Canary Islands. The island was around 5 kilometers across and featured a volcano and an ancient lighthouse. By U.C. 0079, the lighthouse had been inactive for years due to damage to its machinery.
At some point during the One Year War, the Principality of Zeon secretly constructed a missile base known as Point C.A. underneath the island. The base housed a ballistic missile with six nuclear warheads, capable of targeting and destroying six major cities on Earth. Zeon left an operative on the island to hide Point C.A. from the Earth Federation Forces.
Later, Cucuruz Doan, a former Zeon ace pilot who deserted the military, found the island and Point C.A. After killing the operative and dumping their Zaku into the ocean, Doan built a home for war orphans on the island. From then on, Doan worked on disarming the nuclear missile every night. Ironically, to protect the children, he ended up fulfilling the operative's original duty by fighting off numerous Federation search parties in his Zaku, causing Zeon to believe that their operative was still on the island.
Following the failed Zeon attack on Jaburo, the White Base was ordered to eliminate the Zeon remnants on the island. Amuro Ray in the RX-78-02 Gundam and Kai Shiden in the RX-77-02 Guncannon landed on the island in the Gunperry. While Kai encountered the children under Doan's care near the lighthouse, Amuro followed the footprints of Doan's Zaku to a cliff. As it neared the cliff's edge, Doan's Zaku ambushed the Gundam from behind.
After a brief melee battle, the cliff collapsed, causing the Gundam to fall off and knocking Amuro unconcious. Having heard of the Federation's white mobile suit, Doan inspected the Gundam's cockpit, intending to kill its pilot. However, he changed his mind when he saw that Amuro was only a child. While Amuro was unconcious, Doan hid the Gundam in Point C.A. and brought Amuro back to the lighthouse.