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Linosa Island
Linosa Island Lighthouse on Linosa Island, one of the Pelagie Islands, Italy.

Pelagie Islands

island group, Italy
Also known as: Isole Pelagie
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Pelagie Islands, group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily; administratively they form the commune of Lampedusa. The group consists of the islands of Lampedusa and Linosa and the Isolotto (islet) Lampione, standing on the eastern edge of the submarine platform of the east coast of Tunisia.

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