A lighthouse at the Lavezzu islandLavezzu, a sign with the name of the island
The archipelago is located in about 4 kilometres (2 miles) from the Corsican mainland, 7 km (4 mi) from Cape Pertusato, and 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Bonifacio. It covers 5,123 ha in area and the highest point is 50 metres (164 feet). They include the southernmost point of Metropolitan France.
The two main islands are Cavallo (112 ha), the only inhabited island in the archipelago, and Lavezzu (Italian: Lavezzo, 66 ha), just on the south of Cavallo. The other islands or islets are, from west to east: Piana, Ratino, Porraggia and Sperduto (or Perduto).[1]
Historyedit
The archipelago was the site of the shipwreck of the French frigateSémillante on February 15, 1855. On the island of Lavezzu there are two memorial cemeteries with the remains of the victims of the shipwreck.[2]
Bird colonyedit
Between 255 and 400 pairs of Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) breed each year on Lavezzu.[3] The breeding success of the shearwaters has increased since black rats (Rattus rattus) were eradicated from the island in 2000.[4]
^Jean-François Cubells; Michele Ferrandini; Jean Ferrandini; Jean-Baptiste Orsini; Élisabeth Pereira (2012). L'Extrême-Sud(PDF) (in French). CNDP–CRDP de Corse. p. 22. ISBN978-2-86620-292-7. (PDF) from the original on 2017-12-13.
^ "Les îles Lavezzi | Chemins de Mémoire" (in French). Ministère de la Défense.
^Thibault, J.-C. (1995). "Effect of predation by the black rat Rattus rattus on breeding success of Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea in Corsica". Marine Ornithology. 23 (1): 1–10.
^Pascal, M.; Lorvelec, O.; Bretagnolle, V.; Culioli, J.-M. (2008). "Improving the breeding success of a colonial seabird: A cost-benefit comparison of the eradication and control of its rat predator". Endangered Species Research. 4: 267–276. doi:10.3354/esr00080.
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