Tinetto

Tinetto
UNESCO World Heritage site
Official name Isola del Tinetto
Location Porto Venere, Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Part of Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Criteria Cultural: (ii)(iv)(v)
Reference 826-004
Inscription 1997 (21st Session)
Area 4.69 ha (11.6 acres)
Coordinates 44°01′24.63″N 9°51′04.55″E / 44.0235083°N 9.8512639°E / 44.0235083; 9.8512639Coordinates: 44°01′24.63″N 9°51′04.55″E / 44.0235083°N 9.8512639°E / 44.0235083; 9.8512639
Location of Tinetto in Liguria
Tinetto (Italy)

Tinetto is an Italian island situated in the Gulf of La Spezia, in the eastern part of the Ligurian Sea. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Wildlife

A subspecies of the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis tinettoi, is endemic to the island.

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