Gorgona
Gorgona is the northernmost island in the Tuscan Archipelago, a group of islands off the west coast of Italy. Between Corsica and Livorno, this diminutive island has been valued most for its wildlife, especially marine birds, and its isolation.
Photo: Nuada, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Tuscan Archipelago
- Also known as: “Gorgon”, “Ile de Gorgone”, “Ilha de Górgona”, “isla de Gorgona”, “Isola Gorgona”, “Marmorica”, and “Urgonis”
Places of Interest
Highlights: San Gorgonio and Torre Vecchia.
Gorgona
- Categories: frazione and landform
- Location: Livorno, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.42883° or 43° 25′ 44″ north
Longitude
9.89907° or 9° 53′ 57″ east
Population
147
Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)
Open location code
8FMFCVHX+GJ
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Gorgona” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գորգոնա”
- Basque: “Gorgona (uhartea)”
- Basque: “Gorgona”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Гаргона”
- Belarusian: “Гаргона”
- Breton: “Gorgona”
- Catalan: “Gorgona”
- Cebuano: “Isola di Gorgona”
- Chinese: “戈爾戈納島”
- Corsican: “Gorgona”
- Croatian: “Gorgona”
- Danish: “Gorgona”
- Dutch: “Gorgona”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جورجونا”
- Esperanto: “Gorgona”
- French: “île de Gorgone”
- French: “Île de Gorgone”
- Galician: “Gorgona, Italia”
- Galician: “Gorgona”
- German: “Gorgona”
- Greek: “Γοργόνα”
- Hungarian: “Gorgona”
- Italian: “Gorgona”
- Italian: “Isola di Gorgona”
- Japanese: “ゴルゴーナ島”
- Korean: “고르고나섬”
- Latin: “Urgo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gorgona”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gorgona”
- Piemontese: “Ìsola ëd Gorgona”
- Polish: “Gorgona”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Gorgona”
- Russian: “Горгона”
- Spanish: “Gorgona”
- Swedish: “Gorgona, Italien”
- Swedish: “Gorgona”
- Tajik: “Горгона”
- Turkish: “Isola di Gorgona”
- Ukrainian: “Горгона”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gorgona Scalo and San Iacopo.
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Highlights: Punta Gorgona and Punta Maestra.
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