Lampedusa Island
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Lampedusa, long and narrow and running from east to west, covers 21sq.km/8sq.mi, reaches a height of 133m/437ft at Albero Sole in the northwest, and has about 5,000 inhabitants who make a living mainly from fishing for sardines and mackerel. The coastline is rocky with many ravines and caves; the only bathing beaches with almost white sand are in the southeast.
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Small parts of the walls of ancient Lopadusa remain. Uninhabitated until the 19th century, people settled there once more in 1843.
Address:
Isola di Lampedusa Tourist Office, I-92010 Lampedusa, Italy
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