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Provinces: Palermo, Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani

This is the largest island in the Mediterranean, separated from the Italian peninsula by the strait of Messina.

It has important mountain groups: Peloritani, Nebrodi, Madonie, Iblei.

Smaller islands are scattered round the coast (the Eolie or Lipari, Ustica, the Egadi. the isle of Pantelleria and the Pelagie).

The Etna, rising in the center of a volcanic area, is the highest active volcano in Europe (3,323 mt).

The isles of Stromboli and Vulcano also are active volcanoes.

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