Cerboli
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| Waters | Tyrrhenian Sea | |
| Archipelago | Tuscan Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 51 '34 " N , 10 ° 32' 56" E | |
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| surface | 4 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Cerboli is a small island in the Tuscan Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea .
It is located about 8 km east of the north-eastern tip of Elba and south of Piombino . Administratively, the approximately 0.04 km² island belongs to the municipality of Rio on Elba .
Together with the neighboring island of Palmaiola , Cerboli was placed under special protection by the Tuscany region .
The entire island is covered by macchia (mainly rock roses ) and garigue . Cerboli is home to an endemic subspecies of the ruin lizard , the Pordacis sicula ssp. cerbolensis . Furthermore, were also rare in this area here shags sighted.
There are very few human traces on Cerboli: a small abandoned quarry and isolated ruins.
Web links
Website of the Italian environmental organization Legambiente with a short description of the island