Elba

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Elba

island, Italy

Also known as: Aethalia, Ilva

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Last Updated: Mar 9, 2024 • Article History

Category: Geography & Travel

Latin:: Ilva

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Elba, island off the west coast of Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Elba has an area of 86 square miles (223 square km) and is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago. It is famous as Napoleon’s place of exile in 1814–15. Administratively Elba is part of Tuscany regione, Italy. Its coast is precipitous and its interior mountainous, rising to Mount Capanne (3,343 feet [1,019 metres]). The Etruscans mined iron ore at Elba, which was then called Aethalia (“Smoky Place”) by the Greeks, probably because of the smelting furnaces. The Romans, who called it Ilva, also mined iron ore and ...(100 of 387 words)

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