The Stagnone Lagoon is a part of
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...
in front of
Marsala City (
Trapani
Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an imp ...
province,
autonomous region
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of
Sicily
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); the Lagoon is delimited by an island called
Isola Lunga Isola may refer to :
Places and jurisdictions
France
* Isola, Alpes-Maritimes, a municipality in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
* Isola 2000, a village and ski resort of the municipality of Isola, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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(formerly
stinco di Capra) because of its geographical long form.
Inside the Lagoon there are the famous
Mozia
Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum (modern Trapani) and Lilybaeum (modern Marsala). It is within the present-day commune of Marsala, Italy.
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island
and another small island
called
Santa Maria.
The water level in the lagoon varies from a few centimetres to a maximum of 2 metres. A peculiarity of the Stagnone is that, during summer, the water is always hot due to its low level and the lagoon conformation.
See also
*
Venetian Lagoon
*
Marano lagoon
References
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Lagoons of Italy