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Elba, Isola d' (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 46 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.7667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 17 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.2833 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 3339.895 feet |
1018.0000 meters |
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Note: Largest Italian island after Sicily and Sardinia; it is the largest remaining land mass that once connected the Italian peninsula to Corsica. Iron ore has been mined here since Antiquity; was conquered by Etruscans, later by Romans (453 BCE); invaded by Longobards; dominated by Greek, Norman and Saracen pirates (9th-10th centuries CE). |
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| Elba, Isola d' (preferred,C,V)
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| Isola d'Elba (C,V,display)
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| Elba (C,V)
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| Ilva (H,V,S,Latin,U,N)
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| Aethalia (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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| Aithalia (H,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Αἰθαλία (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861 |
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Place Types: |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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| pirate haven (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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