Stillo (Albania)

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Stillo
The coast at the cape with the offshore island Stillo
The coast at the cape with the offshore island Stillo
Waters Ionian sea
Geographical location 39 ° 41 ′  N , 19 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 41 ′  N , 19 ° 59 ′  E
Stillo (Albania) (Albania)
Stillo (Albania)
Residents uninhabited

Stillo ( Albanian  Ishulli i Stillit ) is a small island in southern Albania . It is located in the very south of the country in the Ionian Sea , around 200 meters from the coast by the Korafi range of hills . On the coast it is the southernmost point of Albania - at Konispol , however, the national territory leads further south. Cape Stillo lies around 750 meters to the northwest .

The island and the cape were a military zone until 1992 and access was prohibited.

The island is rocky and overgrown with maquis .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military map 1: 50,000 J-34-4-D. 2nd edition, Tirana 1982.
  2. ↑ Butrint.org: Korafi Hills and Cape Stillo ( Memento from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Mevlan Kabo: Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Ed .: Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH . Tirana 1985, keyword Kepi ​​i Stilit , p. 465 .
  4. ↑ A Daily Odyssey: Albania 2020 - Trip to Tongo & Stillo Islands, In The Very South on YouTube , June 20, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020.