At least 20 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa recently.
About Lampedusa Island:
It is the largest (21 sq.km.) of the Isole Pelagie (Pelagie Islands), an island group that includes the Linosa and Lampione islets.
Administratively Lampedusa is part of the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy.
It is geographically part of the African continent.
It is located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, 105 miles (170 km) southwest of Licata, Sicily.
It is a volcanic island.
It is also known as the Pearl of the Mediterraneanbecause of the lava: it is the emerging part of a volcano whose last eruption events date back about 9000 years ago, when the last major seismic events were dated at the end of 1800.
Lampedusa’s greatest length is about 11 km; its greatest width is about 3 km. It rises to 133 meters above sea level.
It is a rocky island with limited natural freshwater sources.
The climate is typically Mediterranean, with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters.
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