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Medes Islands

Karst Caves and Sinkholes

The Medes Islands are a small, craggy group of seven islets off the Costa Brava coast of Catalonia, Spain, near the town of L'Estartit. They form the submerged continuation of the Montgri massif, producing a karst landscape of tunnels, caverns, vertical walls and boulder slopes. The islands cover about 0.215 square kilometers and rise to a highest point of 75 meters. They are uninhabited and protected as a nature reserve, where scuba diving is popular but regulated. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Locally or Regionally Protected 1
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Medes Islands
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Source Wikidata: Medes Islands
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1. Medes Islands (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Illes Medes (Catalan: Illes Medes, Spanish: Islas Medas) is a small and craggy group of seven islets in the Costa Brava area of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.
  • Article text
    The islands are protected as a nature reserve; scubadiving is popular but is thus regulated there and requires permission.
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Wikidata: Medes Islands
Wikidata Q1581297, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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