Ad
related to: map of corsica and sicily
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Detailed map of Corsica and environs. Corsica was formed about 250 million years ago with the uplift of a granite backbone on the western side. About 50 million years ago sedimentary rock was pressed against this granite, forming the schists of the eastern side. It is the most mountainous island in the Mediterranean, a "mountain in the sea".
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands [1], with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km 2 [2].
Between 40 and 38 BC, Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, and his legate Menas occupied Corsica and terrorised Sardinia, Sicily and even the Italian peninsula with a great pirate fleet. Along with the three Triumvirs , Sextus Pompey was one of the four most significant contenders in the warfare after Julius Caesar's death.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Pages for logged out editors learn more
The sea is bounded by the islands of Corsica and Sardinia (to the west), the Italian Peninsula (regions of Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, and Calabria) to the north and east, and the island of Sicily (to the south). [2] The Tyrrhenian Sea also includes a number of smaller islands like Capri, Elba, Ischia, and Ustica. [3]
Map of Italian islands. Insular Italy is made up of Sardinia, Sicily and numerous smaller islands, scattered or grouped into archipelagos in the seas that bathe the coasts of the peninsula. Corsica is not politically included in insular Italy since it belongs to France, however, it is included in the Italian geographical region.
The map is created with Octave scripts developed by Ikonact; Author: Ikonact: Permission (Reusing this file) Any use of this map is subject of the license(s) stated below with the condition that you credit (Wikimedia Commons user: Ikonact) as the author . A message with a reply address would also be greatly appreciated. Other versions
A map of en:Corsica: File usage. The following page uses this file: Corsica; Global file usage. The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org ...