{{Short description|Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea}} {{Infobox islands | name = Lampione | image_name = Lampione islet.JPG | image_caption = | map_image = Pelagie Islands map.png | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Sicily#Mediterranean | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_map_caption = Sicily | native_name = {{llang|scn|Lampiuni}} | native_name_link = | nickname = | location = Mediterranean Sea | coordinates = {{coord|35.551647|N|12.321665|E|format=dms|display=inline, title}} | archipelago = Pelagian Islands | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 0.036 | length_m = 200 | length_footnotes = | width_m = 180 | coastline_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 36 | country = Italy | country_admin_divisions_title = Region | country_admin_divisions = Sicily | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province | country_admin_divisions_1 = Agrigento | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Comune | country_admin_divisions_2 = Lampedusa e Linosa | population = 0 | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }}
'''Lampione''' ({{IPA|it|lamˈpjoːne|lang}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Lampione|title=Lampione|work=DiPI Online|author=Luciano Canepari|author-link=Luciano Canepari|accessdate=15 January 2020|language=it}}</ref> {{langx|scn|Lampiuni}} {{IPA|scn|lamˈbjuːnɪ|}}; {{langx|ar|جزيرة الكتاب|Jazīrat al-Kitāb|Island of the Book}}) is a small rocky island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs geographically to the Pelagian Islands and administratively to the ''comune'' of Lampedusa e Linosa, Province of Agrigento, region of Sicily, Italy. It is about {{convert|200|m|0|abbr=off}} long and {{convert|180|m|0|abbr=off}} across, and has an area of {{convert|4|ha|1|abbr=out}} and a highest elevation of {{convert|36|m|0|abbr=off}}.
The islet is uninhabited, the only building being a lighthouse. According to the legend, the island was a rock that had fallen from the hands of the cyclops Polyphemus.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://travel.fanpage.it/le-isole-piu-inaccessibili-del-mondo/| title = Le isole più inaccessibili | publisher = fanpage.it | accessdate = April 21, 2018}}</ref>
Lampione is part of the Riserva Marina Isole Pelagie, and its vegetation and wildlife are strictly protected. Animal species include the endemic ''Podarcis filfolensis'' ssp. ''laurentimulleri'' (also found on Linosa), which is a subspecies of Maltese wall lizard, numerous migrating birds, and the ''Armadillidium hirtum pelagicum'', a land crustacean. The waters are populated by sharks, including the sandbar shark, groupers, lobsters, and varieties of yellow and pink coral.
==See also== * List of islands of Italy * Italy–Tunisia Delimitation Agreement * Lampione Lighthouse
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/lampione-history.php History of Lampione, Italy]
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{{Portalbar|Geography|Islands|Italy}} {{Pelagian Islands}} {{Outlying territories of European countries}}
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Category:Uninhabited islands of Italy Category:Pelagian Islands Category:Lampedusa e Linosa Category:Islands of Africa