Medes Islands landscape:
The Illes Medes is a small and craggy group of seven islets in the Costa Brava area of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.
Administratively, the Medes Archipelago belongs to the Baix Empordà comarca, Catalonia, Spain. The islands are protected as a nature reserve; scubadiving is popular but is thus regulated there and requires permission.
The islands are located close to the shore, east of the coastal town of L’Estartit.
Islands:
- Meda Gran, the largest island in the group, has an area of 0.18 km2 (0.1 sq mi) and is the only island of a considerable size. It has some Mediterranean vegetation and a 19th-century lighthouse on it. The lighthouse was built on La Meda Gran in 1866; it had a resident lighthouse keeper until 1932 when the installation of an automatic light made him redundant. Currently the island has a solar-powered automatic lighthouse.
- Meda Xica, the second largest island, has a total surface of only 0.02 km2 (0.01 sq mi).
- Carall (or Cavall) Bernat, Tascons Grossos, Medellot, Tascons Petits and Ferrenelles are mere steep rocky outcrops jutting out from the sea.
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