Ischia
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| Ischia | |
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| Elevation | 789 m (2,589 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location | Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy |
| Coordinates | 40°43′53″N 13°53′45″E / 40.7313°N 13.8957°ECoordinates: 40°43′53″N 13°53′45″E / 40.7313°N 13.8957°E |
| Geology | |
| Type | Complex volcano |
| Last eruption | 1302 [1] |
 Views o Ischia frae Procida |
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| Geografie | |
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| Location | Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Aurie | 46.3 km2 (17.88 sq mi) |
| Heichest elevation | 789 m (2,589 ft) |
| Heichest point | Munt Epomeo |
| Country | |
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Italy
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| Region | Campanie |
| Province | Naples |
| Lairgest ceety | Ischia (pop. 18,253) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 62,027 (as of 2009) |
| Densitie | 1,339.7 /km2 (3,469.8 /sq mi) |
Ischia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈiskia]) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lees at the northren end o the Guwf o Naples, aboot 30 km frae the ceety o Naples. It is the lairgest o the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures aroond 10 km east tae wast an 7 km north tae sooth an haes about 34 kilometres (21 mi) o coastline an a surface aurie o 46.3 square kilometres (17.9 sq mi). It is amaist entirely muntainous, the heichest peak being Munt Epomeo at 788 m.[2] The island haes a population o ower 60,000 fowk.
Notes [edit]
- ↑ "Ischia: Eruptive History". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0101-03%3D%26volpage%3Derupt.
- ↑ Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
