The Maltese Islands are an archipelago of coralline limestone in the Mediterranean Sea, sitting on the African tectonic plate about 81 kilometers south of Sicily and roughly 300 kilometers north of Libya and Tunisia. Only the three largest islands, Malta, Gozo and Comino, are inhabited, while Cominotto, Filfla and the St. Paul's Islands remain uninhabited; the group's indented, bay lined coastline and terraced, hilly landscape cover about 316 square kilometers in total.
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The geography of Malta is dominated by water. Malta is an archipelago of coralline limestone, located in Southern Europe, but like most of Sicily sits on the African tectonic plate in the Mediterranean Sea.
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