This list is of the Marine Protected Areas (Italian: aree marine protette) of Italy. As of the most recent Official list of natural protected areas [it], decreed on 27 April 2010 and published in the official gazette on 31 May 2010 by the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection, there were twenty-seven such marine protected areas, and a further two "Submerged Archaeological Parks" (Italian: parchi sommersi); in 2018, two new marine protected areas were created. Typically subdivided into Zones A, B, and C, each affording a different level of protection, these areas help safeguard in total some 228,000 hectares (2,280 km2) of the seas around Italy as well as some 700 kilometres (430 mi) of its coastline. The Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary is not included in these figures.[1][2][3] While some stakeholders have opposed such measures, fearing the impact on short-term economic exploitation, a study of the alternatives at Portofino suggested that steps at protection might offer not only environmental benefits but also the concomitant potential of enhanced long-term usufruct.[4]
Name | Image | Region | Area (km2) |
Coast (km) |
Established | Coordinates | EUAP Code | Reference |
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Capo Caccia - Isola Piana | Sardinia | 26.31 | 36.14 | 2002 | 40°34′09″N 8°09′56″E / 40.5693°N 8.1655°E | EUAP0554 | [1] | |
Capo Carbonara | Sardinia | 143.60 | 34.21 | 1998 | 39°05′29″N 9°31′29″E / 39.0914°N 9.5246°E | EUAP0953 | [2] | |
Capo Gallo - Isola delle Femmine | Sicily | 21.73 | 16.12 | 2002 | 38°12′34″N 13°14′19″E / 38.2095°N 13.2387°E | EUAP0555 | [3] | |
Capo Milazzo | Sicily | 7.55 | 5.67 | 2018 | 38°16′18″N 15°13′42″E / 38.2718°N 15.2283°E | [4] | ||
Capo Rizzuto | Calabria | 147.21 | 42.15 | 1991 | 38°57′06″N 17°10′17″E / 38.9518°N 17.1714°E | EUAP0166 | [5] | |
Capo Testa - Punta Falcone | Sardinia | 51.42 | 41.70 | 2018 | 41°14′47″N 9°09′43″E / 41.2464°N 9.1619°E | [6] | ||
Cinque Terre | Liguria | 45.54 | 19.30 | 1997 | 44°08′18″N 9°38′30″E / 44.1383°N 9.6416°E | EUAP0948 | [7] | |
Costa degli Infreschi e della Masseta | Campania | 23.32 | 13.81 | 2009 | 40°00′37″N 15°26′20″E / 40.0104°N 15.4390°E | EUAP1228 | [8] | |
Isola dell'Asinara | Sardinia | 107.32 | 79.64 | 2002 | 40°59′04″N 8°14′07″E / 40.9844°N 8.2353°E | EUAP0552 | [9] | |
Isola di Bergeggi | Liguria | 2.03 | 1.92 | 2007 | 44°14′08″N 8°26′38″E / 44.2356°N 8.4438°E | EUAP0911 | [10] | |
Isola di Ustica | Sicily | 159.51 | 14.45 | 1986 | 38°41′36″N 13°11′07″E / 38.6933°N 13.1852°E | EUAP0170 | [11] | |
Isole Ciclopi | Sicily | 6.28 | 6.24 | 1989 | 37°33′32″N 15°09′49″E / 37.5588°N 15.1636°E | EUAP0171 | [12] | |
Isole Egadi | Sicily | 539.92 | 73.99 | 1991 | 37°55′54″N 12°21′21″E / 37.9316°N 12.3557°E | EUAP0172 | [13] | |
Isole Pelagie | Sicily | 41.36 | 46.28 | 2002 | 35°31′48″N 12°33′03″E / 35.5299°N 12.5509°E | EUAP0553 | [14] | |
Tremiti Islands | Apulia | 14.66 | 20.41 | 1989 | 42°07′37″N 15°30′10″E / 42.1269°N 15.5029°E | EUAP0168 | [15] | |
Isole di Ventotene e Santo Stefano | Lazio | 27.99 | 9.84 | 1997 | 40°47′30″N 13°26′23″E / 40.7918°N 13.4397°E | EUAP0947 | [16] | |
Miramare | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 0.30 | 1.10 | 1986 | 45°42′11″N 13°42′41″E / 45.7031°N 13.7115°E | EUAP0167 | [17] | |
Penisola del Sinis - Isola Mal di Ventre | Sardinia | 267.03 | 30.08 | 1997 | 39°59′12″N 8°18′19″E / 39.9867°N 8.3053°E | EUAP0951 | [18] | |
Plemmirio | Sicily | 24.29 | 14.35 | 2004 | 37°00′09″N 15°19′43″E / 37.0025°N 15.3285°E | EUAP0512 | [19] | |
Porto Cesareo | Apulia | 166.54 | 32.71 | 1997 | 40°15′19″N 17°53′05″E / 40.2554°N 17.8847°E | EUAP0950 | [20] | |
Portofino | Liguria | 3.46 | 13.89 | 1998 | 44°18′02″N 9°13′04″E / 44.3005°N 9.2178°E | EUAP0949 | [21] | |
Punta Campanella | Campania | 15.39 | 31.43 | 1997 | 40°34′12″N 14°19′26″E / 40.5700°N 14.3239°E | EUAP0946 | [22] | |
Regno di Nettuno | Campania | 112.56 | 52.39 | 2007 | 40°44′29″N 13°59′16″E / 40.7413°N 13.9878°E | EUAP0917 | [23] | |
Santa Maria di Castellabate | Campania | 70.95 | 19.26 | 2009 | 40°15′18″N 14°54′26″E / 40.2549°N 14.9071°E | EUAP1225 | [24] | |
Secche della Meloria | Tuscany | 93.72 | 0.21 | 2009 | 43°32′55″N 10°12′27″E / 43.5485°N 10.2074°E | EUAP1227 | [25] | |
Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo | Sardinia | 153.57 | 76.09 | 1997 | 40°51′39″N 9°43′31″E / 40.8607°N 9.7252°E | EUAP0952 | [26] | |
Secche di Tor Paterno | Lazio | 13.87 | 0.00 | 2000 | 41°37′03″N 12°27′26″E / 41.6175°N 12.4573°E | EUAP1172 | [27] | |
Torre del Cerrano | Abruzzo | 34.30 | 7.10 | 2009 | 42°35′08″N 14°05′25″E / 42.5855°N 14.0904°E | EUAP1226 | [28] | |
Torre Guaceto | Apulia | 22.27 | 8.41 | 1991 | 40°43′01″N 17°47′55″E / 40.7169°N 17.7985°E | EUAP0169 | [29] |
Name | Image | Region | Area (km2) |
Coast (km) |
Established | Coordinates | EUAP Code | Reference |
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Baia | Campania | 1.77 | 3.72 | 2002 | 40°49′19″N 14°04′39″E / 40.8219°N 14.0774°E | EUAP0849 | [30] | |
Gaiola | Campania | 0.41 | 1.99 | 2002 | 40°47′31″N 14°11′13″E / 40.7919°N 14.1869°E | EUAP0850 | [31] |