Palmaiola
Sign in to savePalmaiola is an islet located in the middle of Piombino Channel, at from Elba and from Piombino; it is part of the comune of Rio Marina and is wholly owned by the State.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Palmaiola
- Islands.image_name
- Palmaiola island - front view.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Palmaiola island and the lighthouse
- Islands.image_size
- 280px
- Islands.map
- Tuscany
- Islands.native_name
- Isola di Palmaiola
- Islands.location
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Tuscan Archipelago
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.70
- Islands.length_km
- 0.461
- Islands.width_km
- 0.396
- Islands.coastline_km
- 1.75
- Islands.elevation_m
- 85
- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Tuscan Archipelago
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Rio Marina
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.08
- Elevation
- 85
- Body of water
- Canal of Piombino
- Image
- Palmaiola island - panorama.jpg
- Width
- 0.396
- Length
- 0.461
- Perimeter
- 175
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- Palmaiola island
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- Canal of Piombino
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Fauna
- Palmaiola Lighthouse
- See also
- References
Palmaiola is an islet located in the middle of Piombino Channel, at from Elba and from Piombino; it is part of the comune of Rio Marina and is wholly owned by the State.
==Geography== In the 14th century it was named Insulam Palmarole because of the abundance of the Mediterranean dwarf palm at that time. Palmaiola has rocky and craggy cliffs and has a triangular shape; it is 461 metres long, 396 metres wide, 85 metres high and has 1.7 km of coast. It is integrated in the European Union Special Protection Area as Site of Community Importance and it is part of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palmaiola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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