{"id":59518,"date":"2025-08-14T12:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59518"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:30:09","slug":"lampedusa-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lampedusa-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Lampedusa Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lampedusa Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least 20 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lampedusa Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(21 sq.km.) <\/span><b>of the Isole Pelagie (Pelagie Islands), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an island group that includes the Linosa and Lampione islets.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Administratively <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lampedusa is<\/span><b> part of the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>geographically part of the African continent.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <\/span><b>Mediterranean Sea <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between Malta and Tunisia, 105 miles (170 km) southwest of Licata, Sicily.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> volcanic island.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as the <\/span><b>Pearl of the Mediterranean<\/b> <b>because of the lava:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is the<\/span><b> emerged part of a volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whose last eruption events date back about 9000 years ago, when the last major seismic events were dated at the end of 1800.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lampedusa\u2019s greatest length is about 11 km; its greatest width is about 3 km. It rises to 133 meters above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>rocky island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>limited natural freshwater sources.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">climate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is typically <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Mediterranean, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/many-migrants-die-in-shipwreck-off-italys-lampedusa-island-un\/article69928978.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lampedusa Island is the largest (21 sq.km.) of the Isole Pelagie (Pelagie Islands), an island group that includes the Linosa and Lampione islets. 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