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Lampione (Sicilian: Lampiuni, English: Lantern) is a small rocky island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs geographically to the Pelagie Islands and administratively to the comune of Lampedusa e Linosa, Province of Agrigento, region of Sicily, Italy. It is 700 metres (2,297 feet) long and 180 metres (591 feet) across, and has an area of 1.2 square kilometres (0.5 sq mi) and a highest elevation of 36 metres (118 feet).The islet is uninhabited, the only building being a redundant lighthouse. According to legend, the island was a rock which had fallen from the hands of a cyclops[citation needed].Lampione is part of the Riserva Marina Isole Pelagie, and its vegetation and wildlife are strictly protected. Animal species include the endemic Podarcis filfolensis ssp. laurentimulleri,(also found on Linosa) which is a subspecies of Maltese Wall Lizard, numerous migrating birds and the Armadillidium hirtum pelagicum, a land crustacean. The waters are populated by sharks, including the sandbar shark, groupers, lobsters and varieties of yellow and pink coral.