Native name: Isuli Lavezzi | |
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 Lavezzi archipelago, satellite view | |
 Interactive map of Lavezzi archipelago | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Strait of Bonifacio (Tyrrhenian Sea) |
| Coordinates | 41°21′36″N9°15′08″E / 41.359932°N 9.252205°E /41.359932; 9.252205 |
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| Department | Corse-du-Sud |
TheArchipelago of Lavezzi (French:Îles Lavezzi;Corsican:Isuli Lavezzi;Italian:Isole di Lavezzi) is a collection of smallgranite islands andreefs in theStrait of Bonifacio that separatesCorsica fromSardinia in theMediterranean Sea. They are administered from the town ofBonifacio (French department ofCorse-du-Sud) on Corsica.
The archipelago is located in about 4 kilometres (2 miles) from the Corsican mainland, 7 km (4 mi) fromCape Pertusato, and 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Bonifacio. It covers 5,123ha in area and the highest point is 50 metres (164 feet). They include the southernmost point ofMetropolitan France.
The two main islands areCavallo (112ha), the only inhabited island in the archipelago, and Lavezzu (Italian: Lavezzo, 66ha), just on the south of Cavallo. The other islands or islets are, from west to east: Piana, Ratino, Porraggia and Sperduto (or Perduto).[1]
The archipelago was the site of the shipwreck of the FrenchfrigateSémillante on February 15, 1855. On the island of Lavezzu there are two memorial cemeteries with the remains of the victims of the shipwreck.[2]
These islands were the locale forBrigitte Bardot's 1952 filmManina, la fille sans voiles.
Between 255 and 400 pairs ofScopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) breed each year on Lavezzu.[3] The breeding success of the shearwaters has increased sinceblack rats (Rattus rattus) were eradicated from the island in 2000.[4]
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