Frioul archipelago

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The Frioul archipelago, Marseille on the background.

The Frioul archipelago is a group of four islands located off the Mediterranean coast of France, approximately Template:Convert from Marseille. The islands of the archipelago cover a total land area of approximately 200 hectares. According to the 2015 census, the population was 146.

Island Length Height Notes
Pomègues Template:Convert long Template:Convert high The largest of the islands. The island consists of a port on the southeast side, named Port de Pomègues.[1] Pytheas of Massalia noted the existence of a polar ice cap from this island.[2]
Ratonneau Template:Convert long Template:Convert high
If Site of the Château d'If, where main fictional character in Alexandre Dumas, père's The Count of Monte Cristo was imprisoned.
Tiboulen du Frioul or Îlot Tiboulen Template:Convert high Meaning "In front of the city" in Provençal, after the Latin antipolitanus.

The islands of Pomègues and Ratonneau are connected by a mole, Digue de Berry, built in 1822.

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