Medes Islands

Medes Islands
Illes Medes
—  Islands  —
Illes Medes seen from L'Estartit beach. Meda gran is in the forefront, taking over most of the silhouette
Illes Medes is located in Spain
Illes Medes
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°03′00″N 03°13′15″E / 42.05°N 3.22083°E / 42.05; 3.22083Coordinates: 42°03′00″N 03°13′15″E / 42.05°N 3.22083°E / 42.05; 3.22083
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Catalonia
Comarca Baix Empordà
Area
 - Total 0.215 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Highest elevation 75 m (246 ft)
Population (2009)
 - Total no permanent population
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
The Carall Bernat, a steep rock which is taller than it is wide.

The Illes Medes (in Catalan) or Islas Medas (in Spanish) is a small and craggy group of islets in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. They are located close to the shore, east of the coastal town of L'Estartit.

Meda Gran, the largest one, has an area of 1.8 km² and is the only island of a considerable size. It has some mediterranean vegetation and a nineteen-century lighthouse on it. The second largest island, Meda Xica is only 0.24 km².

Carall (or Cavall) Bernat, Tascons Grossos, Medellot, Tascons Petits and Ferrenelles are mere steep rocky outcrops jutting out from the sea.

Ecology

These islands were declared a protected area by the Catalan Autonomous Government in 1983, becoming an important marine reserve in the Western Mediterranean.

Despite the ravages caused by industrial pollution and mass-tourism in the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, there is still a significant amount of marine biodiversty in the waters off the islands, like large submarine meadows of Posidonia oceanica and underwater caves where groupers breed.

Administration

Administratively the Medes Archipelago belongs to the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia.

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