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    Strait of BonifacioItaly

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    Maddalena archipelago

    Arcipelago di La Maddalena

    The Maddalena Archipelago is a group of islands in the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica (France) and Sardinia (Italy). The whole archipelago makes the territory of the La Maddalena comune in Sardinia.

    Maddalena archipelago

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    350 landforms

    Overview

    The Maddalena Archipelago is a group of islands in the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica (France) and Sardinia (Italy). The whole archipelago makes the territory of the La Maddalena comune in Sardinia.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands4
    • Minor islands9
    • Islets98
    • Rocks & skerries239

    Major islands

    4
    • Maddalena Island

      Maddalena Island

      Area
      19.7 km²
      High point
      155 m

      La Maddalena (Sardinian: Sa Madalena, Corsican: A Madalena) is a town and comune (municipality) located on the islands of the Maddalena archipelago in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. It has 10,449 inhabitants.

    • Caprera

      Caprera

      Area
      15.5 km²
      High point
      212 m

      Caprera is an island in the Maddalena archipelago off the coast of Sardinia, Italy. In the area of La Maddalena island in the Strait of Bonifacio, it is a tourist destination and the place to which Giuseppe Garibaldi retired from 1854 until his death in 1882.

    • Spargi

      Spargi

      Area
      4.2 km²
      High point
      126 m

      Spargi is an island of Italy. It is situated in the Maddalena archipelago, in the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica and Sardinia. It is the third largest island in the archipelago, and is uninhabited. It is within the Arcipelago di La Maddalena National Park.

    • Santo Stefano

      Santo Stefano

      Area
      3 km²
      High point
      100 m

      Santo Stefano (Santu Stefanu in Gallurese; Santu Istèvene in Sardinian) is an island in the Maddalena archipelago of northern Sardinia, Italy, and part of the Maddalena National Park.

    Minor islands

    9

    Rocks & skerries

    239

    On the chart above, at its closest zooms.

    Listing 13 of 350; the rest are on the chart.

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level100 m200 m300 m212 mCaprera155 mMaddalena126 mSpargi100 mSanto Stefano79 mBudelli71 mMortorio58 mRazzoli46 mSanta Maria39 mSpargiotto29 mIsola di Soffi27 mCorcelli13 mIsola Giardinelli
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.1110100Maddalena: 19.7 km²MaddalenaCaprera: 15.5 km²CapreraSpargi: 4.2 km²SpargiSanto Stefano: 3 km²Santo StefanoSanta Maria: 1.9 km²Santa MariaBudelli: 1.7 km²BudelliRazzoli: 1.7 km²RazzoliMortorio: 0.57 km²MortorioIsola Giardinelli: 0.46 km²Isola GiardinelliIsola di Soffi: 0.43 km²Isola di SoffiCorcelli: 0.12 km²CorcelliSpargiotto: 0.11 km²Spargiotto
    km², log scale. 1 without a known area.
    Maddalena Island19.7 km²
    Caprera15.5 km²
    Spargi4.2 km²
    Santo Stefano3 km²
    Santa Maria1.9 km²
    Budelli1.7 km²
    Razzoli1.7 km²
    Mortorio0.57 km²
    Isola Giardinelli0.46 km²
    Isola di Soffi0.43 km²
    Corcelli0.12 km²
    Spargiotto0.11 km²

    Groups within

    1

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs