PELAGIE ISLANDS

Italian Isole Pelagie, group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily; administratively they form the commune of Lampedusa in Agrigento province, Sicily, Italy. The group consists of the islands of Lampedusa (q.v.) and Linosa and the Isolotto (islet) Lampione, standing on the eastern edge of the submarine platform of the east coast of Tunisia. Pop. (1981 prelim.) Lampedusa and Linosa mun., 4,495.