- Pine Islands
Infobox Islands
name = Pine Islands
image caption =Flag of Ibiza and Formentera
image size = 200px
locator
native name =
native name link = Spain
nickname =
location =Mediterranean Sea
coordinates = coord|38|42|N|1|27|E|type:isle|display=title
archipelago =Balearic Islands
total islands =
major islands =
area = 654.28 km²
highest mount =Atalaya, Ibiza
elevation = 476 m
country = Spain
country admin divisions title = Autonomous Community
country admin divisions =Balearic Islands
country admin divisions title 1 = Province
country admin divisions 1 =Balearic Islands
country admin divisions title 2 =
country admin divisions 2 =
country capital city =
country largest city = Ibiza
country largest city population = 37,408
country leader title =
country leader name =
population = 161,369
population as of = 2006
density =
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additional info =Pine Islands or Pityuses ( _es. Islas Pitiusas; Catalan: Illes Pitiüses, from the Greek: πιτύα, "pitýa",
pine tree ) is the name given collectively to theBalearic Islands ofIbiza andFormentera , in theMediterranean Sea .The islands are situated approximately 100 km southwest of the island of
Majorca , and approximately 80 km east of the Spanish mainland (Cabo de la Nao , Alicante, Valencia).In antiquity they were known as the Pityussa islands, listed in
Claudius Ptolemy 's Geography, under the names Ophiusis and Ebyssus, which had a town of the same. The islands were used by Cilician pirates as a base. The Roman general Annius drove them out with a large fleet and with them the Roman renegade generalQuintus Sertorius , who was seeking refuge there.The Pine Islands are sometimes grouped together as part of the
Balearic Islands , or else considered separate with the Balearics proper being Majorca andMinorca . Politically, they are part of theautonomous community of the Balearic Islands.External links
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