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The Scoglio d'Africa [2] (or Scoglio d'Affrica) also named Formica di Monte Cristo ("Monte Cristo's Ant"), is a solitary small skerry belonging to the Tuscan Archipelago located in open sea between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Corsica Channel. It is located 18.5 km (10 nautical miles) west of the Island of Montecristo, 23.5 km (12.7 nautical miles) south of Pianosa Island and 43.1 km (23.3 nautical miles) east of Corsica. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Portoferraio. It is also part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park.

Scoglio d'Africa
Nickname: Formica di Montecristo
Scoglio d'Africa
Tuscany
Geography
LocationTyrrhenian Sea
Coordinates42°18′06.46″N 10°04′0.0″E[1]
ArchipelagoTuscan Archipelago
Highest elevation3 m (10 ft)
Administration
Italy
RegionTuscany
ProvinceLivorno
ComunePortoferraio
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Map of the Tuscan Archipelago
Map of the Tuscan Archipelago

Description


Regarding its size and its shape, it can be considered to all effects an emergent rock in a stretch of shallow sea. It has a rounded contour with the diameter of 70 m (230 feet), an area of 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) and an altitude of only 3 m (10 feet) above sea level depending from the tides and the waves. Geologically the skerry belongs to a submarine ridge starting few miles east of Capraia and it extends toward south up to reach Pianosa.[3] The ridge is lying at an average depth of 80 m (260 feet) but it decreases in proximity of the island to arrive at 8 m (26 feet). The depths in the region among the skerry and Montecristo reach 200 m (660 feet).


Fauna


The seabed around the rock is composed by two types of biocoenosis; the first is formed by algae, bryozoa and polychaetes that form a structure rich in cavities; the second is formed by prairies of Posidonia.[4]


See also



References


  1. Scoglio d'Africa Islands base online. Retrieved 29 May 2017
  2. Scoglio d'Africa Marina Militare
  3. "Lineamenti geologici e geomorfologici" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali

На других языках


[de] Scoglio d’Affrica

Scoglio d’Affrica (auch Scoglio d’Africa) oder Formica di Montecristo (it. scoglio „Fels“, formica „Ameise“) ist der Name eines kleinen Felsens, der zum Toskanischen Archipel gezählt wird. Er befindet sich im Tyrrhenischen Meer 18,5 km westlich von Montecristo, 23,2 km südlich von Pianosa und 43,1 km östlich von Korsika.
- [en] Scoglio d'Africa

[it] Scoglio d'Africa

Lo Scoglio d'Africa[1], detto anche Scoglio d'Affrica, Africhella o Formica di Montecristo, è un piccolo isolotto dell'Arcipelago Toscano situato in mare aperto nelle acque tra il Tirreno e il Canale di Corsica. La sua ubicazione è a ovest dell'Isola di Montecristo, a sud dell'Isola di Pianosa e a est della Corsica. Aggregata formalmente al comune di Campo nell'Elba per regio decreto nel 1927[2], oggi amministrativamente sembrerebbe appartenere al comune di Portoferraio[3][4][5][6][7], nonostante in alcune fonti ufficiali dello stato si continui a citarne Campo nell'Elba come comune di appartenenza[8][9] e in Gazzetta Ufficiale non risultino informazioni riguardo alla cessione del territorio.



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