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The Venetian Lagoon The island of Torcello seen from the Lagoon at low tide. The Venetian Lagoon stretches from the River Sile in the north to the Brenta in the south, with a surface area of around 550 square kilometres (212 square miles). It is around 8% land, including Venice itself and many smaller islands.
File:Lagoon-of-venice-landsat-1.jpg overlaid with File:Italy location map.svg, with position box added Author NASA for the image, user:NordNordWest for the map
Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about 1.5 km (1 mi) north of Venice and measures about 1.5 km (1 mi) across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). [1] It is famous for its glass making. It was once an independent comune, but is now a frazione of the comune of Venice.
Giudecca (Italian: [dʒuˈdɛkka]; Venetian: Zueca) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, in northern Italy. It is part of the sestiere of Dorsoduro and is a locality of the comune of Venice . Geography
Pages in category "Islands of the Venetian Lagoon" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Yet in 2020, Venice introduced Mose, a flood barrier system placed at various inlets of the Venice lagoon, helping the city and its islands from high tides and mass flooding that the area has ...
Module:Location map/data/Italy Venetian Lagoon is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Venetian Lagoon. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Venetian Islands or Venetian Isles can refer to: The islands in the Venetian Lagoon, including Venice, Italy; Venetian Islands, Florida, USA; See also.