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Archipelago

    Lipari Island

    Isola di Lipari

    38°29′N 14°56′E

    Lipari ( LIP-ər-ee, Italian: [ˈliːpari]; Sicilian: Lìpari; Latin: Lipara or Meligūnis; Ancient Greek: Μελιγουνίς, romanized: Meligounís, or Λιπάρα, Lipára) is the largest of the seven Aeolian Islands, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of the Sicily in southern Italy, and a comune (municipality) including six of them (Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi); it is administratively part of Metropolitan City of Messina.

    Aerial image of Lipari (view from the southwest)
    Aerial image of Lipari (view from the southwest)

    Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Terrain

    38°29′N 14°56′E

    Terrain exaggerated for relief. Drag to look around.

    Overview

    Lipari ( LIP-ər-ee, Italian: [ˈliːpari]; Sicilian: Lìpari; Latin: Lipara or Meligūnis; Ancient Greek: Μελιγουνίς, romanized: Meligounís, or Λιπάρα, Lipára) is the largest of the seven Aeolian Islands, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of the Sicily in southern Italy, and a comune (municipality) including six of them (Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi); it is administratively part of Metropolitan City of Messina. It has 12,794 permanent residents, but during the May to September tourist season, the total population may reach up to 20,000. It is also the name of the biggest island in the archipelago, where the main urban area of the municipality is located.

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    Chart

    Nearest islands

    Also in Aeolian Islands

    • Salina

      26.1 km²▲ 962 m

      Major islands

    • Vulcano

      20.8 km²▲ 498 m

      Major islands

    • Stromboli

      12.6 km²▲ 926 m

      Major islands

    • Filicudi

      9.2 km²▲ 774 m

      Major islands

    • Alicudi

      5 km²▲ 675 m

      Minor islands

    • Panarea

      3.4 km²▲ 421 m

      Minor islands

    • Basiluzzo

      0.27 km²▲ 165 m

      Minor islands

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs