Pennata is a wreck of the crater of
Lake Miseno; it is part of the ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' of
Bacoli
Bacoli (; ; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about west of Naples.
Geography
Bacoli borders the municipalities of Monte di Procida and Pozzuoli.
Its territory, of volcanic or ...
. It has been considered a small island since November 4, 1966 (the same day as
the flood in Florence), when, following a violent sea storm, the strip of sand that connected it to the mainland disappeared. It is made up of yellow
tuff
Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock co ...
and the very rich vegetation and the remains of brick structures show that it was a densely populated area.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Isola Pennata', on ''italiamappata.it''
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Islands of Campania
Uninhabited islands of Italy