Lampedusa

Lampedusa is the largest of the , lying in the Mediterranean Sea between and . Closer to Africa than mainland Europe, the island is known for its turquoise waters, limestone cliffs, and the celebrated Spiaggia dei Conigli.
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  • Type: Village with 6,950 residents
  • Description: island in Italy
  • Also known as: “Isola di Lopadusa”, “Isola Lampedusa”, and “Lampedsa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lampedusa Airport and Capo Grecale Lighthouse.

Aerodrome
Photo: Carlo Dani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an on the island of Lampedusa in the , . It is located a few hundred metres from the city centre, and reaches its traffic peaks in the summer period, as several airlines run tourism-focused flights to this Mediterranean island.

Lighthouse
Photo: Samoano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an active lighthouse located on the northern eastern tip of the island on the edge of a cliff, in the municipality of Lampedusa, on the Strait of Sicily.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cala Creta.

Hamlet
Photo: Ezio55, Public domain.
is a hamlet.

Lampedusa

Latitude
35.5035° or 35° 30′ 13″ north
Longitude
12.6067° or 12° 36′ 24″ east
Population
6,950
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
Open location code
8F7JGJ34+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 67253728
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2524458
Wiki­data ID
Q107338
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Satellite Map

Discover Lampedusa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Lampedusa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lampedusa”
  • Arabic: “لامبدوسا”
  • Arabic: “لامبيدوزا”
  • Arabic: “لامبيدوسا”
  • Arabic: “لمبدوزة”
  • Arabic: “لمبدوسة”
  • Arabic: “لمبيدوزا”
  • Arabic: “لنبذوشة”
  • Arabic: “لنبذوشه”
  • Aragonese: “Lampedusa”
  • Armenian: “Լամպեդուզա”
  • Asturian: “Lampedusa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lampedusa”
  • Basque: “Lampedusa”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Лампедуза”
  • Belarusian: “Лампедуза”
  • Breton: “Lampedusa”
  • Bulgarian: “Лампедуза”
  • Catalan: “Lampedusa”
  • Cebuano: “Isola di Lampedusa”
  • Central Bikol: “Lampedusa”
  • Chinese: “兰佩杜萨岛”
  • Chinese: “蘭佩杜薩島”
  • Czech: “Lampedusa”
  • Danish: “Lampedusa”
  • Dutch: “Lampedusa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لامبيدوسا”
  • Esperanto: “Lampedusa”
  • Esperanto: “Lampeduzo”
  • Estonian: “Lampedusa”
  • Finnish: “Lambedusa”
  • Finnish: “Lampedusa”
  • Finnish: “Lampidusa”
  • French: “Île de Lampedouze”
  • French: “Île de Lampedusa”
  • French: “Lampedouse”
  • French: “Lampédouze”
  • French: “Lampedusa Island”
  • French: “Lampedusa”
  • Galician: “Lampedusa”
  • German: “Lampedusa”
  • Greek: “Λαμπεδούσα”
  • Greek: “Λαμπεντούζα”
  • Greek: “Λαμπηδιανά σφουγγάρια”
  • Greek: “Λαμπηδούσα”
  • Hebrew: “למפדוזה”
  • Hebrew: “למפדוסה”
  • Hungarian: “Lampedusa”
  • Icelandic: “Lampedúsa”
  • Indonesian: “Lampedusa”
  • Interlingue: “Lampedusa”
  • Irish: “Lampadusa”
  • Irish: “Lampedusa”
  • Italian: “isola di Lampedusa”
  • Italian: “Isola di Lampedusa”
  • Italian: “Lampedusa”
  • Japanese: “Lampedusa”
  • Japanese: “ランペドゥーサ”
  • Japanese: “ランペドゥーザ”
  • Japanese: “ランペドゥーサ島”
  • Japanese: “ランペドゥーザ島”
  • Korean: “람페두사섬”
  • Latin: “Lopadusa”
  • Latvian: “Lampedūza”
  • Lithuanian: “Lampedūza”
  • Low German: “Lampedusa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lampedusa”
  • Macedonian: “Лампедуза”
  • Maltese: “Lampedusa”
  • Neapolitan: “Lampedusa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lampedusa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lampedusa”
  • Norwegian: “Lampedusa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lampedusa”
  • Pampanga: “Lampedusa”
  • Persian: “لامپدوسا”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Lampedusa”
  • Piemontese: “Ìsola ëd Lampedusa”
  • Polish: “Lampedusa”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Lampedusa”
  • Portuguese: “Lampadosa”
  • Portuguese: “Lampedusa”
  • Romanian: “Lampedusa”
  • Russian: “Лампедуза”
  • Sardinian: “Lampedusa”
  • Scots: “Lampedusa”
  • Serbian: “Lampeduza”
  • Serbian: “Лампедуза”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lampedusa”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsula di Lampidusa”
  • Sicilian: “Lampidusa”
  • Silesian: “Lampedusa”
  • Slovenian: “Lampedusa”
  • Somali: “Lambedusa”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Lampedusa”
  • Spanish: “Isla Lampedusa”
  • Spanish: “Lampedusa”
  • Swahili: “Lampedusa”
  • Swedish: “Lampedusa”
  • Turkish: “isola di Lampedusa”
  • Turkish: “Lampedusa Adası”
  • Turkish: “Lampedusa”
  • Ukrainian: “Лампедуза”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Lampedusa”
  • Urdu: “لامپیدوسا”
  • Vietnamese: “Lampedusa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lampedusa”
  • Wu Chinese: “兰佩杜萨岛”

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