Meloria
Sign in to saveMeloria is a rocky skerry, surrounded by a shoal, off the Tuscan coast, in the Ligurian Sea, north-west of Livorno.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Meloria shoal
- Islands.image_name
- Primo bagno della stagione.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- The tower of Meloria
- Islands.image_size
- 220px
- Islands.map
- Tuscany
- Islands.map_caption
- Tuscany
- Islands.location
- Ligurian Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuscan Archipelago
- Islands.total_islands
- 2
- 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
- Livorno
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Comune
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Livorno
- Islands.population
- uninhabited
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Meloria shoal
- Meloria Tower
- Meloria lighthouses
- Meloria Naval battles
- First Battle of Meloria
- Second Battle of Meloria
- Meloria air crash
- See also
- References
- External links
Meloria is a rocky skerry, surrounded by a shoal, off the Tuscan coast, in the Ligurian Sea, north-west of Livorno.
==Meloria shoal== The Meloria shoal is an attractive archaeological, naturalistic and historical region that makes part, since 2010, of the Area Marina Protetta Secche della Meloria (Meloria shoal Marine Protected Area) assigned to the Parco naturale di Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli (Natural Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli) for the management. The shoal is formed by a rocky bank surrounded by shallow water sandy and muddy of the surface of 9,372 hectare extending up to 12 km offshore. The seabed varies from 2 meters to 30 meters and the habitat is an alternating of rocky areas with characteristic basins seabed with prairies of Posidonia. The sea flora consists mainly of Posidonia and Caulerpa racemosa while the fauna has a rich variety as: Symphodus roissali, Serranus cabrilla, Scorpaena scrofa, Muraena helena, Coris julis, Aphia minuta, Pelagia noctiluca and others.