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Pelagie Islands, the Glossary

The Pelagie Islands (Isole Pelagie; Ìsuli Pilaggî), from the Greek πέλαγος, pélagos meaning "open sea", are the three small islands of Lampedusa, Lampione, and Linosa, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily.^[1]

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Archipelagoes of Italy
Important Bird Areas of Italy

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Calabria

Calabria is a region in southern Italy.

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Continental shelf

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.

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European shag

The European shag or common shag (Gulosus aristotelis) is a species of cormorant.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Lampedusa

Lampedusa (Lampidusa; Lampeduża) is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Lampedusa e Linosa

Lampedusa e Linosa (Lampidusa e Linusa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region of Sicily. Pelagie Islands and Lampedusa e Linosa are Sicily geography stubs.

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Lampione

Lampione (Lampiuni lamˈbjuːnɪ; جزيرة الكتاب, Jazīrat al-Kitāb) is a small rocky island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs geographically to the Pelagie Islands and administratively to the comune of Lampedusa e Linosa, Province of Agrigento, region of Sicily, Italy.

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Linosa

Linosa (Linusa lɪˈnuːsa; نموشة, Nammūša) is one of the Pelagie Islands in the Sicily Channel of the Mediterranean Sea.

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List of islands of Italy

This is a list of islands of Italy.

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Loggerhead sea turtle

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Pantelleria

Pantelleria (Sicilian: Pantiḍḍirìa), known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisian coast. Pelagie Islands and Pantelleria are important Bird Areas of Italy.

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Province of Agrigento

The province of Agrigento (provincia di Agrigento; pruvincia di Girgenti) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy, situated on its south-western coast.

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Provinces of Italy

The provinces of Italy (province d'Italia) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione).

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Reggio Calabria

Reggio di Calabria (Riggiu; Rìji), commonly and officially referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria as well as the seat of the Regional Council of Calabria.

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Regions of Italy

The regions of Italy (regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level.

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Scopoli's shearwater

Scopoli's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) is a seabird in the petrel family Procellariidae.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Sponge diving

Sponge diving is underwater diving to collect soft natural sponges for human use.

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Strait of Sicily

The Strait of Sicily (also known as Sicilian Strait, Sicilian Channel, Channel of Sicily, Sicilian Narrows and Pantelleria Channel; Canale di Sicilia or the Stretto di Sicilia; Canali di Sicilia or Strittu di Sicilia, مضيق صقلية or مضيق الوطن القبلي) is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia.

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Tunisia

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagie_Islands

Also known as Area Marina Protetta Isole Pelagie, Isole Pelagie, Pelagian Islands.