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Tinetto

Coordinates: 44°01′24.63″N 9°51′04.55″E / 44.0235083°N 9.8512639°E / 44.0235083; 9.8512639
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Tinetto
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official nameIsola del Tinetto
LocationPorto Venere, Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Part ofPortovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
CriteriaCultural: (ii)(iv)(v)
Reference826-004
Inscription1997 (21st Session)
Area4.69 ha (11.6 acres)
Coordinates44°01′24.63″N 9°51′04.55″E / 44.0235083°N 9.8512639°E / 44.0235083; 9.8512639
Tinetto is located in Liguria
Tinetto
Location of Tinetto in Liguria
Tinetto is located in Italy
Tinetto
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

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

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