ISLANDS PELAGIE
(LAMPEDUSA - LINOSA - LAMPPOST)

 

 
STATE: ITALY
REGION: SICILY
PROVINCE: AGRIGENTO


 

The group of the Pelagie Islands finds on the continental platform African to 80 miles approximately from Pantelleria, 80 miles approximately from Malta and 80 miles from the Tunisine coasts, of forehead to Monastir and Mahedia.
The type climate summer African is warm humid. The winter has temperatures myths. The rains are recorded nearly exclusively in the winter period.
The peach and the tourism and the activities to connected they are the only flourishing activities.
 

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LAMPEDUSA
Leaving from the island of Lampedusa, Linosa is found to 23 Miles, Lamppost is found to 10 Miles.
Lampedusa is extended of the three islands pelagie, has an extension of 20 Kmq approximately, a population of 5.500 inhabitants that is tripled in the summery period. Climate humid warm African. E' limestone tavolato of the length of approximately 7 km. digradante from W to east. The coast on the depositor north and in that west is high and inaccessible. Mount Tree Sun situated on the depositor western north is the higher point of the island with its 193 meters Reforested with Mediterranean pine on the western heights is somewhat brulla in the part North-oriental. ll depositor eat south-east has less steep full of rocks coasts that are opened with numerous Cale that often they finish with beautiful sabbiose beaches. E' bathing tourist goal. The warm season prolongeds from May to October. Raggiungibile E' in airplane from Palermo to which it is connected from 3 every day aerial flights; and via ship ferry from Empedocle Port with every day race

PORT -
II Port of Lampedusa is constituted from a wide insenatura delimited from Tip Guitgia and Punta Maccaferri, than Cale with full of rocks rivers is subdivided in three, two di.le which banchinate that all with sabbiose rivers finish.

COVE GUITGIA -
It is opened between Tip Guitgia and Punta Favaloro. She has low full of rocks rivers and dark final with an immense sand beach white woman, with I found them limpid and sabbiosi deep until 5 meters in the part they centers.

SALlNA COVE -
It is opened between Tip Favaloro and Punta of the Health. It has full of rocks rivers that finish with one short sabbiosa beach. E' nearly completely banchinata and is allots n.6 floating wharves to you completely occupied from small units from diporto and peach local. The dock centers is studded them from bodies died to which is moors you to the wheel the Motor fishing vessels of greater tonnage. Also the docks and the wharves nearly are completely occupied from unit from peach and diporto local. Along the river uord between the 4 of the 6 floating wharves there are two ports of call publics for I' towage of small units. Remaining the 2 floating wharves are found along the W river in proximity of two fuel distributors. In correspondence of the adjacent distributor of fuels to the only Shipyard, there is a feature of dock of 40 meters where between the hours 07,00 and are 17,00 and prohibited the mooring to the units not engaged in the bunkeraggio operations. The final Feature towards the red Fanale of the inner side of the Favaloro Wharf, for 60 meters, the classified one to the Units of the Coastgard.

COVE PALM -
One opens between Tip Maccaferri and low Punta of the Sanita.Ha full of rocks rivers completely banchinate that they finish in one immense studded sabbiosa beach from numerous palms. The inner wharf of Tip Health is classified to the units of the Police forces. On the river north of Caletta created from the Wharf of Tip Health there is one scaletto of public towage for small units. The deeper part of the dock of Cove Palm with I found them somewhat low is studded of bodies died on which find mooring small and medium local units from peach and diporto the banchinate rivers are in good part occupied from local units from peach of small dimensions.

HORSE DOCK WHITE MAN -
A large square in reinforced concrete in good part to full body and first part is found in proximity of the mouth of the port endured after the Green fanale of Maccaferri.E' Tip 1argo on poles, gained in part from the sbancamento of the full of rocks river of omonima the locality. E' the nevralgico point of the port. On the longer side of the dock the Mototraghetto of line berths giornalmente from the 10,15 hours 08,00 to that connects Lampedusa with Linosa and Porto Empedocle. Irregularly they berth you of the military tankers and trades them cbe resupply of drinkable water the island.
E' point of disembarkation of fished of Motor fishing vessels of the large tonnage especially between the 21,00 and 09.00.

TIP SOTTLE -
Grip, long and low full of rocks language with the part finishes submergeeed them, represents the chine IF of the island of most dangerous night it is the obstacle for navigation in how much are succeeded to see the lights beyond it and from the impression to have in front of if free waters.

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