Santo Stefano (island)

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Looking across at Santo Stefano from Palau

The Santo Stefano island is a member of the Maddalena archipelago and part of the National Park. It is largely uninhabited and it is mainly known for its hosting of a NATO Naval Base. Apart from the military, the only residences on the island are a few tourist resorts, largely occupied only during the summer months. Public access to the island is made by ferry either from La Maddalena or nearby Palau, on Sardinia

The sun rises behind the submarine tender Emory S. Land at Santo Stefano, Italy.

In 1987, the United States Navy was issued an executive eviction, which called for abandonment of the island and its return to a national park. However in 2004, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, despite the pending eviction, gave the U.S Navy the rights to extend the base using part of the natural park surface to build a new wider office building.

The U.S. military is scheduled to leave the region by fall 2008. USS Emory S. Land will be the first ship to leave the base, on October 1, 2007.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Maddalena, Rumsfeld a Parisi "Andiamo via da ottobre 2007" (Italian). La Repubblica (2006-09-08). Retrieved on September 8, 2006.

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