Lampedusa

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The Island of Lampedusa lies 205 km from Sicilian Coast and 113 km from Tunisia. Even if Lampedusa politically belongs to Italy, from the point of view of geology it is part of African continent, to which it is firmly fixed; the arm of the sea in between is not deeper than 120 m. Lampedusa, together with Lampione, dates back to the end of the Tertiary period when Mother-Africa emerged from the water; this theory is confirmed by the structure and the conformation of both the island and the continent.

The beaches that surround Lampedusa are the island's main attraction. The 26km coastline offers numerous choices: in the northern part of the island the beaches are steep and rocky with bays and creeks only reachable by boat. In the south however, they are covered with the only white sand in the Sicilian islands.

Linosa is 50 km far away from Lampedusa, 165 km from the african continent. Exactelly 167 Km from Africa Madia to Sicily(Licata). It is 121 km south west far away from Pantelleria and 118 km east from Gozo (Malta). It is 3,5 long from north-west to south-east with a 11 km of coastline. Linosa is 5,54 km square. Its highest volcano is monte Vulcano which is also the the recent one. It is thought that the island is one million years old. The last eruption goes back to the pleistocen age. It has the same origin of Pantelleria and it is placed on a depth of 500 m.