Giannutri
Sign in to savethumb|270px|Map of the Tuscan Archipelago Giannutri () is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Tuscany, Italy; it is the southernmost island of the Tuscan Archipelago and it is a frazione of the comune of Isola del Giglio in the Province of Grosseto.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Giannutri
- Islands.image_name
- Giannutri island from the see - 2002.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Giannutri island from sea
- Islands.map
- Tuscany
- Islands.map_caption
- Tuscany
- Islands.location
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuscan Archipelago
- Islands.total_islands
- 1
- Islands.area_km2
- 2.6
- Islands.length_km
- 2.8
- Islands.width_km
- 0.5
- Islands.highest_mount
- Poggio del Capel Rosso
- Islands.elevation_m
- 88
- Islands.country
- Italy
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Tuscany
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Grosseto (GR)
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- Roman villa
- National park
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thumb|270px|Map of the Tuscan Archipelago Giannutri () is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Tuscany, Italy; it is the southernmost island of the Tuscan Archipelago and it is a frazione of the comune of Isola del Giglio in the Province of Grosseto.
==Geography== Giannutri was known as Dianium by the Romans and Artemisia, Αρτεμησία by the Greeks; it has a crescent moon shape which forms the Gulf of Spalmatoio and is placed at south east from the Isola del Giglio and from Porto Ercole. The island has a coastal perimeter of , is stretched approximately from Punta del Capo Rosso to Punta Secca (north-south) and from Punta San Francesco to Punta della Salvezza (west-east). The soil is calcareous and has a rocky and rugged coasts with inlets and caves mainly in the southern part interrupted only by two beaches called Cala dello Spalmatoio (on the north-east) and Cala Maestra (on the north-west) where the dockings are. The island landscape has three hills: Poggio del Cannone (83 m) and Monte Mario (78 m) in the northern part and Poggio Capel Rosso (93 m), the highest, in the south where the lighthouse is.