Montecristo

Monte Cristo is a small Italian Island, about 4.3 kilometers across at its widest point, about halfway between Corsica and mainland Italy; south of Elba and west of Giglio. It is part of the Tuscan Archipelago. The island is probably best known as a fictional setting in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, père.

Montecristo
Geography
LocationLigurian Sea
ArchipelagoTuscan Archipelago
Area13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Elevation646 m (2,119 ft)
Country
Italy
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Monte Cristo is Italian for “The mountain of Christ".

The island is remote and kept by the Italian government as a nature preserve and hunting park, and only accessible by private yacht and permit. There are no structures on the island.


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