Ischia
Ischia is the largest island in the bay of Naples and is considered by many to be the most beautiful, though Capri is considerably more famous. It is volcanic in origin and still classed as an active volcano, but it has not erupted since 1302.
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Top destinations: Sant’Angelo.
Sant’Angelo
Sant’Angelo is an old fishing village on the island…Places of Interest
Highlights: Mount Epomeo and Giardini Ravino, Tropical Garden.
Mount Epomeo
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forio and Panza.
Forio
Town
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Ischia
- Type: Town with 19,900 residents
- Description: volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea
- Also known as: “Aenearia”, “Ilha de Ischia”, “Ilha de Ísquia”, “Isla de Ischia”, “isola d‘ Ischia”, “isola di Ischia”, “Phitakusae”, “Pithecusae”, “Pithécuse”, “Pithécusses”, “Pithekoussai”, “Pithékoussai”, “Pithekusae”, “Pithikoussai”, “Իսկիա”, “איסכיה”, “אנאריה”, and “ピテクサイ”
- Historically known as: “Ischia Island”
- Categories: volcanic island and locality
- Location: Barano d’Ischia, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.73° or 40° 43′ 48″ north
Longitude
13.9° or 13° 54′ east
Population
19,900
Elevation
478 metres (1,568 feet)
Open location code
8FGMPWH2+X2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Ischia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ischia”
- Arabic: “إسكيا”
- Armenian: “Իսկյա”
- Azerbaijani: “İskya”
- Bashkir: “Искья”
- Basque: “Ischia”
- Belarusian: “Гран’яна”
- Breton: “Enez Ischia”
- Bulgarian: “Иския”
- Catalan: “Ischia”
- Cebuano: “Isola d’Ischia”
- Chinese: “伊斯基亚岛”
- Chinese: “伊斯基亞島”
- Czech: “Ischia”
- Danish: “Ischia”
- Dutch: “Ischia”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Ischia”
- Esperanto: “Iskio”
- Estonian: “Ischia saar”
- Finnish: “Ischia”
- French: “Île d’Ischia”
- French: “Ischia”
- Galician: “Ischia”
- German: “Ischia”
- Greek: “Ίσκια”
- Hebrew: “איסקיה”
- Hungarian: “Ischia”
- Icelandic: “Ischia”
- Indonesian: “Ischia”
- Interlingue: “Ischia”
- Italian: “isola d’Ischia”
- Italian: “Isola d’Ischia”
- Japanese: “イスキア島”
- Kazakh: “Ïskʹya”
- Kazakh: “Искья”
- Kazakh: “ىيسكيا”
- Korean: “이스키아섬”
- Latin: “Aenaria”
- Lithuanian: “Iskija”
- Macedonian: “Искја”
- Neapolitan: “Isula ‘e Ischia”
- Neapolitan: “Isula ’e Ischia”
- Neapolitan: “Isula e Ischia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ischia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ischia”
- Norwegian: “Ischia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Iscla (illa)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Iscla”
- Ossetian: “Искья”
- Persian: “ایسکیا”
- Polish: “Ischia”
- Portuguese: “Ísquia”
- Romanian: “Insula Ischia”
- Russian: “Искья”
- Scots: “Ischia”
- Serbian: “Ischia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ischia”
- Sicilian: “Ischia”
- Slovak: “Ischia”
- Slovenian: “Ischia”
- Slovenian: “Iskija”
- Spanish: “Isquia”
- Swedish: “Ischia”
- Tagalog: “Ischia”
- Turkish: “Ischia Adası”
- Turkish: “Ischia”
- Ukrainian: “Іскія”
- Urdu: “اسکیا”
- Urdu: “ایسکیا”
- Welsh: “Ischia”
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