Lampione
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Lampione (Italian: Lantern) is a small rocky island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs geographically to the Pelagie Islands and administratively to the comune of Lampedusa (Sicily region). It is 700 metre long and 180 metre across with the highest point on the island lying at 36 metres: the area is 1.2 km².
The islet is uninhabited, the only building being an out of work lighthouse. According to a legend, the island was a rock which had fallen from the hands of a cyclops.
Lampione is part of the Riserva Marina Isole Pelagie, and its vegetation and wildlife are strictly protected. Animal life include numerous migrating birds and the Armadillidium hirtum pelagicum, a land crustacean. The waters are populated by sharks, including the species Carcharhinus plumbeus, gropers, lobsters and varieties of yellow and pink coral.
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