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The archipelago of the Azores is located in the middle of the northern hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean and extends along a west-northwest to east-southeast orientation (between 36.5°–40° North latitudes and 24.5°–31.5° West longitudes) in an area approximately 600 km (373 mi) wide.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Corte ( / ˈ k ɔː r t eɪ / , / ˈ k ɔː r t i / ; French: [kɔʁte] ; Italian: [ˈkorte] ; [ 3 ] Corsican: Corti , [ˈkorti] ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department , on the island of Corsica , France.
The Regional Natural Park of Corsica (French: Parc Naturel Régional de Corse, Corsican: Parcù di Corsica) is a natural park. It was listed in 1972 and then relisted for 10 years in June 1999. The Natural Park covers nearly 40% of the island of Corsica. [1]
Corsica (/ ˈ k ɔːr s ɪ k ə / KOR-sik-ə; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa, ˈkɔrsika]; Italian: Corsica; French: Corse ⓘ) [3] is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland , west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north ...
[1] [2] The gulf is located within the department of Corse-du-Sud. The gulf and surrounding coast is part of the Regional Natural Park of Corsica . In 1983 the gulf was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site , encompassing the Calanques de Piana , Gulf of Girolata , and Scandola Nature Reserve , due to its outstanding scenery, rich avian ...
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km 2 Haute-Corse ( French: [ot kɔʁs] ⓘ ; Corsican : Corsica suprana [ˈkorsiɡa suˈprana] , Cismonte [tʃiˈzmɔnte] [ a ] or Alta Corsica ; English: Upper Corsica ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of ...
Cap Corse is the peninsula at the north of the island. Cap Corse (French pronunciation: [kap kɔʁs]; Corsican: Capicorsu, [kapiˈkɔrsu]; Italian: Capo Corso, [ˈkaːpo ˈkɔrso]), a geographical area of Corsica, is a 40 kilometres (25 mi) long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Canari ( Corsican : Cànari ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica .