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San Pietro Island (Italian: ''Isola di San Pietro'', Ligurian Tabarchino: ''Uiza de San Pé'', Sardinian: ''Isula 'e Sàntu Pèdru'') is an island approximately off the South western Coast of Sardinia, Italy, facing the Sulcis peninsula. With it is the sixth largest island of Italy by area. The approximately 6,000 inhabitants are mostly concentrated in the fishing town of Carloforte, the only ''comune'' in the island. It is included in the province of Carbonia-Iglesias. It is named after Saint Peter. The island is connected by regular ferry service to Portovesme and Calasetta. ==Geography== The island is of volcanic origin. The rocks are of Cenozoic age, and include basalt, dacite and rhyolite (including the peralkaline variety comendite).〔Cioni, R. and Funedda, A., (2005)''Structural geology of crystal-rich, silicic lava flows:A case study from San Pietro Island (Sardinia, Italy)'' in Manga, M. and Ventura, G. (editors) (2005) ''Kinematics and Dynamics of Lava Flows'', Geological Society of America Special Paper 396, pages 1 to 14.〕 The of its coasts are mostly rocky; the western and northern part includes some natural grottoes, unprotected landings, with a few small beaches, in general here the coast is usually very steep, rocky. The eastern coast, on which the port of Carloforte lies, is more protected low and sandy. Off the north-western coast are two small islands, the Isola dei Ratti and Isola Piana. The latter includes the remains of one of the largest tonnara in Italy, now turned into a tourist resort. The island has no rivers or streams, but features numerous ponds and marshes. The interior is hilly, the highest points being the Bricco (hill) Guardia dei Mori () and Bricco Tortoriso (208 m). The vegetation is that typical of the Mediterranean coast, with ''Cistus'', mastic, strawberry tree, juniper, Aleppo pine and holm oak. Here groves of oak and pine with clearings that are often cultivated, and populated with scattered houses. Cultivation, held especially in the eastern and more protected region, includes grape (''Vitis vinifera''), fig and Indian fig. The western part exposed to the prevailing wind, the mistral, is more arid, with low scrub vegetation and largely uninhabited. The climate is temperate-hot. The island is connected to the Sardinia, and to the next island of Sant'Antioco by two ferry lines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Pietro Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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