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The Tyrrhenian Sea (/ t ɪ ˈ r iː n i ən,-ˈ r eɪ-/, tih-REE-nee-ən ,-RAY-; [1] Italian: Mar Tirreno [mar tirˈrɛːno] or ) [note 1] is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy.
The Tyrrhenian Basin is a sedimentary basin located in the western Mediterranean Sea under the Tyrrhenian Sea.It covers a 231,000 km 2 area that is bounded by Sardinia to the west, Corsica to the northwest, Sicily to the southeast, and peninsular Italy to the northeast.
The Campanian Archipelago (Italian: Arcipelago Campano), also called Neapolitan Archipelago (Arcipelago Napoletano), is an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in southwestern Italy. It principally comprises 5 islands: Capri, Ischia, Nisida, Procida, and Vivara.
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.
Italy is surrounded by the Alps and the sea, its natural limits are determined with the same precision as if it were an island. It is located between 36° and 46° degree of latitude, 4° and 16° of longitude of Paris; it consists of three parts: the mainland, the peninsula and the islands.
Embraced by the warm, crystalline waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, just off the west coast of Italy’s Tuscan shoreline, Isola d’Elba is Italy’s lettera d'amore to the Mediterranean sun and sea.