Lavezzi archipelago

The archipelago is located in about from the Corsican mainland, from Cape Pertusato, and southeast of Bonifacio. It covers 5,123 ha in area and the highest point is . They include the southernmost point of Metropolitan France. The two main islands are Cavallo (112 ha), the only inhabited island in the archipelago, and Lavezzu (Italian: Lavezzo, 66 ha), just on the south of Cavallo. The other islands or islets are, from west to east: Piana, Ratino, Porraggia and Sperduto (or Perduto).{{cite book |author=Jean-François Cubells |author2=Michele Ferrandini |author3=Jean Ferrandini |author4=Jean-Baptiste Orsini |author5=Élisabeth Pereira | date=2012 |title=L'Extrême-Sud |url= http://www.educorsica.fr/phocadownload/pdf/extreme-sud-pn.pdf |url-status= live |language= French | publisher= CNDP–CRDP de Corse | isbn= 978-2-86620-292-7 | page=22 ==History==

The archipelago was the site of the shipwreck of the French frigate Sémillante on February 15, 1855. On the island of Lavezzu there are two memorial cemeteries with the remains of the victims of the shipwreck. These islands were the locale for Brigitte Bardot's 1952 film Manina, la fille sans voiles. ==Bird colony==

Between 255 and 400 pairs of Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) breed each year on Lavezzu. The breeding success of the shearwaters has increased since black rats (Rattus rattus) were eradicated from the island in 2000. ==See also==