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Map of Italian islands. This is a list of islands of Italy.There are nearly 450 islands in Italy, including islands in the Mediterranean Sea (including the marginal seas: Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Libyan Sea, Ligurian Sea, Sea of Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Sea, and inland islands in lakes and rivers.
The five largest islands belonging to the Italian state are, in order of size: Sicily (25,707 km 2 or 9,926 sq mi) Sardinia (24,090 km 2 or 9,300 sq mi) Elba (223 km 2 or 86 sq mi) Sant'Antioco (108.9 km 2 or 42.0 sq mi) Pantelleria (83 km 2 or 32 sq mi). Other islands belonging to Italy are grouped into the following archipelagos:
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The Mediterranean Sea basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands [1], with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km 2 [2].
The Tuscan Archipelago is a chain of islands between the Ligurian Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea, west of Tuscany, Italy. The islands' proximity to several major cities has made them a favourite tourist location. History and literature have ensured that most people are familiar with the islands of Elba and Montecristo.
Uninhabited islands of Italy (12 P) Pages in category "Islands of Italy" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Enlargeable, detailed map of Elba. Elba (Italian: isola d'Elba, pronounced [ˈiːzola ˈdelba]; Latin: Ilva) is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the coastal town of Piombino on the Italian mainland, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago.
Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern [12] and Western Europe. [13] [c] It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. [15]
Lampedusa is both the southernmost point and the southernmost island of Italy. Politically and administratively, Lampedusa is part of Italy, but geologically it is part of Africa since the sea between the two is no deeper than 120 m (390 ft). Lampedusa is a semi-arid island, dominated by a garrigue landscape, with maquis shrubland in the west ...