Pantelleria

Description

Pantelleria, known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an island and comune (municipality) in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 106 kilometres southwest of Sicily and 68 km (35 nmi) east of the Tunisian coast. Administratively, Pantelleria's comune belongs to the Province of Trapani in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. It has 7,150 inhabitants.