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Formigues Islands

Palamós, Baix Empordà, Girona

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Formigues Islands

Nature · Palamós, Baix Empordà, Girona

The Illes Formigues are a group of sixteen islets located 1300 metres from the punta d'en Canet, between Palamós and Palafrugell, in the Baix Empordà, administratively divided between both municipalities since a 2011 court ruling. They are of igneous origin (granodiorites and alkaline granites), have almost no vegetation and are covered by the sea during storms; they serve as a refuge for gulls and cormorants. A lighthouse on the islet of Formiga Gran, with a cylindrical tower on a white house, emits three white flashes every nine seconds. Its seabed, between 9 and 45 metres deep, has numerous underwater caves and colourful gorgonians. Nearby, in 1285, the naval battle of the Formigues took place, in which Roger de Llúria defeated the French fleet of Philip III.

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