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Eolie, Isole (island group) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 57 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.9500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Group of small volcanic islands in the SE Tyrrhenian Sea; legend says that the island on which Aeolus kept the winds confined in caves was one of this group; inhabited since Neolithic times; held successively by Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans & Saracens; named an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 for its worth for the education of geologists. |
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| Eolie, Isole (preferred,C,V)
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| Isole Eolie (C,V)
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| Eolie o Lipari, Isole (C,V)
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| Eolie (C,V)
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| Le Isole Eolie (C,V)
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| Eòlie, Isole (C,V)
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| Eolie, Sole (C,V)
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| Lipari Islands (C,O,LC,O)
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| Isole Lipari (C,V)
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| Lipari, Isole (C,V)
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| Sole Eolie (C,V)
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| Aeoliae Insulae (H,V)
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| Aeolian Islands (H,O)
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| Lipara (H,V)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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| island group (preferred, C) |
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| islands (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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