Pennata is a wreck of the crater of
Lake Miseno; it is part of the ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' of
Bacoli
Bacoli (; la, Bauli) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about west of Naples.
Geography
Bacoli borders the municipalities of Monte di Procida and Pozzuoli.
Its territory, ...
. It has been considered a small island since November 4, 1966 (the same day as
the flood in Florence), when, following a violent sea storm, the strip of sand that connected it to the mainland disappeared. It is made up of yellow
tuff
Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock ...
and the very rich vegetation and the remains of brick structures show that it was a densely populated area.
References
External links
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Isola Pennata', on ''italiamappata.it''
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Islands of Campania
Uninhabited islands of Italy