Italy Maps & Info – World Atlas

Italy is a sovereign nation occupying 301,340 km2(116,350 sq mi) in southern Europe.

As noticed on Italy’s bodily map, mainland Italy extends southward into the Mediterranean Sea as a big boot-shaped peninsula. This extension of land has pressured the creation of particular person water our bodies, specifically the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Ligurian Sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Diversified ranges of the Alps dominate the nation’s northern reaches, a large stretch of mountains that extends from France to Austria after which south alongside the Adriatic Sea. Italy’s highest level close to the summit of Mont Blanc (or Monte Bianco), a mountain it shares with France, rises to 4,748 m. A yellow triangle marks its place on the map above.

The gorgeous and rugged Lake District of northern Italy contains many mountain lakes, with the main ones being Como, Garda and MaggioreThe Po River Valley is positioned instantly south of the Alps and runs from Turin to Venice. Rising within the Alps, the Po River is Italy’s longest, and the valley it dissects is the nation’s most fertile farmland.

As noticed on the map above, the Apennine Mountains (a spread of the Alps) from the Italian peninsula’s spine lengthen south via Italy, then instantly beneath the slender Strait of Messina to cowl a lot of Sicily. These mountains include a number of chains, and so they kind the peninsula’s watershed, as a number of rivers rise within the higher elevations, together with the Arno and the Tiber.

About 30% of Italy’s land space consists of plains with some low, marshy areas, particularly alongside the Adriatic Sea, from Ancona north to Venice. The shoreline of the nation options quite a few giant and small bays, in addition to gulfs.

The Amalfi Coast south of Naples and the Cinque Terra to the north of Pisa gives a few of the most spectacular coastal surroundings possible as steep rocky slopes rush right down to the ocean, and tiny villages with vibrant homes pack a lot of the cliffs.

Italy is famend for its many rugged islands, most volcanic in origin. Important ones embody the massive islands of Sardinia and Sicily and the smaller islands of Capri, Elba, Ischia, and the Aeolian Islands group. A lot of Italy is volcanic in origin, and right now just a few of its many volcanoes are lively, together with Sicily’s Mt. Etna, Stromboli within the Aeolian Islands. Volcanologists are continually monitoring Mt. Vesuvius close to Naples, because it has the potential to erupt at any time.

Areas of Italy Map

Italy (formally, the Italian Republic) contains of 15 areas (regioni, singular – regione) and 5 autonomous areas (regioni autonome, singular – regione autonoma). The areas are: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio (Latium), Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte (Piedmont), Puglia (Apulia), Toscana (Tuscany), Umbria, and Veneto. The autonomous areas are: Friuli Venezia Giulia; Sardegna (Sardinia); Sicilia (Sicily); Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol) or Trentino-Suedtirol (German); Valle d’Aosta (Aosta Valley) or Vallee d’Aoste (French).

The areas are additional subdivided into 107 provinces, of which 14 are metropolitan cities. The completely different provinces comprise 7960 municipalities (comuni).

With an space of 301,340 sq. km, Italy is the three^rd most populous member state of EU. Situated within the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, alongside the shores of the Tiber River, Rome is the capital and the most important metropolis of Italy. It is usually the nation’s most populated metropolis and the 4^th most populous metropolis in EU. Rome is usually referred as ‘capital of two states’ – as Vatican Metropolis is an impartial state throughout the boundaries of Rome.

The place is Italy?

Italy is positioned in South-central Europe on the Apennine Peninsula.  It’s positioned each within the Northern and Jap hemispheres of the Earth. Italy shares its borders with Switzerland and Austria within the north, with Slovenia within the northeast and with France within the northwest.  Vatican Metropolis and San Marino are the 2 enclaved sovereign states inside Italy. With its southern boundary extending into the Mediterranean Sea, the boot formed Italian Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic Sea within the east, the Sea of Sicily within the south, the Ionian Sea within the southeast, the Ligurian Sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea within the southwest. The 2 largest Mediterranean Islands -Sardinia is positioned within the west and Sicily is to the south of Italy.

Italy Bordering Nations:
Switzerland, Austria, San Marino, Slovenia, The Holy See [Vatican].

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