Borromean Islands
The Borromean Islands are a group of three small islands and two islets in the Italian part of Lago Maggiore, located in the western arm of the lake, between Verbania to the north and Stresa to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Isola dei Pescatori and Isola Madre.
Isola dei Pescatori
Islet
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Isola dei Pescatori is an island in Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. As the most northerly of the three principal Borromean Islands it is also known as Isola Superiore and, with a population of 25 in 2018, it is the only one to be inhabited all year round.
Isola Madre
Islet
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Isola Madre, at 220 m wide and 330 m long, is the largest island of the Isole Borromee archipelago is in the Italian part of Lake Maggiore in the Alps, in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baveno and Campino.
Baveno
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Baveno is a quaint town of 4,500 residents near Stresa on the shore of the Borromean Bay, a western arm of Lake Maggiore, in Piedmont, Italy.
Borromean Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: island group
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Stresa, Verbania, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Borromean Islands” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բորոմեյան կղզիներ”
- Armenian: “Բորոմեյյան կղզիներ”
- Catalan: “Illes Borromees”
- Cebuano: “Isole Borromee”
- Chinese: “博罗梅奥群岛”
- Chinese: “博羅梅奧羣島”
- Chinese: “博羅梅奧群島”
- Croatian: “Boromejski otoci”
- Czech: “Borromejské ostrovy”
- Danish: “Borromeiske Øer”
- Dutch: “Borromeische eilanden”
- Dutch: “Borromeische Eilanden”
- Dutch: “Borromeïsche eilanden”
- Dutch: “Borromeïsche Eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Boromeaj insuloj”
- Estonian: “Borromeo saared”
- Finnish: “Borromeonsaaret”
- French: “Iles Borromees”
- French: “îles Borromées”
- French: “Îles Borromées”
- German: “Borromäische Inseln”
- Hebrew: “האיים הבורומאיים”
- Hebrew: “האיים הבורומאים”
- Italian: “Isole Borromee”
- Japanese: “ボッローメオ諸島”
- Lombard: “Isol Boromei”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De borromeiske øyene”
- Norwegian: “De borromeiske øyene”
- Persian: “جزایر بورومین”
- Polish: “Isole Borromee”
- Polish: “Wyspy Borromee”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Borromeu”
- Russian: “Борромейские острова”
- Spanish: “Islas Borromeas”
- Swedish: “Borromeiska öarna”
- Ukrainian: “Острови Борромео”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Isola dei Pescatori and Isola Bella.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include San Vittore and Isola Superiore.
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