Medes Islands
The Illes Medes is a small and craggy group of seven islets in the Costa Brava area of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the Medes Archipelago belongs to the Baix Empordà comarca, Catalonia, Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Far de la Meda and Meda Gran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cap de la Barra and L’Estartit.
L’Estartit
Photo: Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
L'Estartit a small town and seaside resort of about 3,000 permanent residents on the Costa Brava in Catalonia. Due to its beachfront location and sunny weather in the summer, L'Estartit is quite popular with tourists from all over Europe.
Cap Castell
Locality
Photo: Isidro Jabato, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cap Castell is a locality, which is situated 4 km northwest of Medes Islands.
Medes Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: island group
- Categories: archipelago and landform
- Location: Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Medes Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Medes Islands” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Medes uharteak”
- Catalan: “Illes Medes”
- Catalan: “Medes”
- Cebuano: “Illes Medes”
- Chinese: “梅德斯群島”
- Dutch: “Illes Medes”
- French: “îles Medes”
- French: “Îles Medes”
- Galician: “Illas Medes”
- German: “Illes Medes”
- Hungarian: “Medas-szigetek”
- Italian: “Isole Medas”
- Japanese: “マデス群島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Medesøyane”
- Polish: “Illes Medes”
- Polish: “Islas Medas”
- Russian: “Медас”
- Spanish: “Islas Medas”
- Swedish: “Illes Medes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Punta de les Salines and Mas Pinell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port de Estartit and Platja de l’Estartit.
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