Serpentara (island)

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Serpentara
Isola di Serpentara
Isola di Serpentara
Waters Tyrrhenian Sea
Geographical location 39 ° 8 ′ 19 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 19 ″  E Coordinates: 39 ° 8 ′ 19 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 19 ″  E
Serpentara (Island) (Sardinia)
Serpentara (island)
length 1.2 km
width 350 m
surface 36 ha
Highest elevation 54  m slm
Residents uninhabited

Serpentara ( Italian : Isola di Serpentara ) is an uninhabited island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the southeast coast of Sardinia . The island is 4 km from the Sardinian coastal town of Villasimius .

The approximately 1.2 km long and up to 350 m wide island is rocky throughout. In front of it to the north are the Variglioni , a very small uninhabited group of islands consisting of three rocks .

At the highest point on the island, at 54 m, there is an observation tower , the Torre di San Luigi .

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