Isla De Sa Porrassa
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Isla de sa Porassa'' is located in the bay of the village of
Magaluf Magaluf (, , ) is a major holiday resort on the Spanish island of Majorca, primarily catering to the British, Russian, Irish, German, and Scandinavian package holiday market. Magaluf is in the municipality of Calvià and is situated within a gro ...
, Majorca,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
.


Features

Measuring over across at its widest point, the island is a feature at the heart of
Magaluf Magaluf (, , ) is a major holiday resort on the Spanish island of Majorca, primarily catering to the British, Russian, Irish, German, and Scandinavian package holiday market. Magaluf is in the municipality of Calvià and is situated within a gro ...
Bay. It is above sea level. The island is uninhabited, but visited during the summer season by many holidaymakers, either swimming, on
personal water craft A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter or jet ski, is a recreational watercraft that a rider sits or stands on, not within, as in a boat. PWCs have two style categories, first and most popular being a runabout or "sit down" whe ...
or on pedalboat from
Magaluf Beach Magaluf Beach ( ca, Platja de Magaluf, ; es, Playa de Magaluf) is the name of the beach in the tourist resort of Magaluf. Holiday accommodation, nightclubs and other services aimed at mass tourism make up the urban landscape of the beach. It ...
. Since 2014, British holidaymakers have unofficially dubbed the rock ‘Big Swiller Island’ as a group of lads made It to the island on pedal boats. This feat left the Magaluf locals so impressed that they named the island after the name of the group of lads hence the name 'Big Swiller Island'. Local police have advised against this due to the risk it entails. In recent history, the island was briefly colonised and renamed by the ‘Ramjit Super King’ tribe as ‘Ramjit’ island. Which caused mass riots among locals who saw them arrive at the island on modified tuk-tuks rather than the pedal boat which originally immortalised the ‘Big Swillers’. However after a few days they promptly retreated, after receiving heavily pixelated images from Astrosat of their mother and fathers faces of disapproval from back home, this was never verified.


References


External links


Isla de sa Porrassa at Map Planet
Islets of Mallorca Calvià {{Balearics-geo-stub