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Filfla (Malta)

LC control no.sh 99012486
Geographic headingFilfla (Malta)
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Geographic subdivision usageMalta--Filfla
Variant(s)Filfola Island (Malta)
Folfala Island (Malta)
Folfla Island (Malta)
Forfora Island (Malta)
Forfura Island (Malta)
Piper Insula (Malta)
Piper Island (Malta)
See alsoIslands--Malta
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Found inEngland, R. Island, 1980 (islet of Filfla situated 5 kilometres south of Malta)
GEOnet, July 22, 1999: (Filfla [Malta], ISL 35⁰47ʹ19ʺ N, 14⁰24ʹ36ʺ E; variant Filfola)
Randon, Stanley Farrugia. Comino, Filfla and St. Paul's Island, 1995: p. 23 (smallest of the Maltese Islands ... the name "Filfla" derives its origin from the Arabic word for pepper (fulfula); on very old maps the islet is called Piper Insula; Pauli calls the islet Folfola or Folfla and Dall'Arnica calls it Forfora or Forfura ...)
GeoNames [algorithmically matched] range; 35°47ʹ02ʺN 014°24ʹ26ʺE
Not found inLippincott