Islands
Italy comprises several islands. The largest are Sicily 25,708 km2 (9,926 sq mi) and Sardinia 24,090 km2 (9,300 sq mi). The third largest island is Elba, the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago (224 km2/86 sq mi).
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Famous quotes containing the word islands:
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“we are so many
and many within themselves
travel to far islands but no one
asks for their story....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)