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Tyrrhenian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea , Ital. Tirreno, part of the Mediterranean Sea, c.475 mi (760 km) long and from 60 to 300 mi (97-483 km) wide, between the Ligurian Sea, the Italian peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. The Strait of Messina connects it with the Ionian Sea. The sea is named for the Tyrrhenoi (a... Read more
Nettuno
Nettuno , town (1991 pop. 33,827), in Latium, central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is an agricultural center and a seaside resort. With nearby Anzio it was the site of an Allied landing (Jan. 22, 1944) in World War II. ... Read more
Viareggio
Viareggio , city (1991 pop. 57,514), Tuscany, N central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a fishing center and a fashionable beach resort. The body of the poet Shelley was cremated there after his death by drowning at Lerici near La Spezia in 1822. ... Read more
Bastia
Bastia , city (1990 pop. 38,728), Haute-Corse dept., NE Corsica, France, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the island's largest city and chief commercial center. Famous for its wines, it has a thriving export industry and a variety of light manufactures. Founded (14th cent.) as a fort by the Genoese, it ... Read more
Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia , city (1991 pop. 51,201), in Latium, W central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The harbor, favored by Trajan (early 2d cent. AD), is still the chief port of Rome. It also handles traffic for the Terni industrial area and is the main maritime link with Sardinia. Industries produce metals... Read more
Latina
Latina , city (1991 pop. 106,203), capital of Latina prov., in Latium, central Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is an industrial, commercial, and agricultural center. Manufactures include tires, chemicals, and processed food. It was the first community founded (1932) by Mussolini in the reclaimed ... Read more
Anzio
Anzio , Lat. Antium, town (1991 pop. 33,497), in Latium, central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a seaside resort with a fishing industry. A Volscian town, it was captured by Rome in 341 BC and became a favorite resort of the Romans. Nero and Caligula were born there; among the ruins of Nero's... Read more
Elba
Elba , island, 86 sq mi (223 sq km), Tuscany, central Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 6 mi (9.7 km) from the Italian mainland, part of the Tuscan Archipelago. Iron ore has been mined there since Etruscan and Roman times, and there are ironworks at Portoferraio , the island's main town. Wine, olive oi... Read more
Ischia
Ischia , volcanic island (1991 pop. 16,013), 18 sq mi (47 sq km), Campania, S Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea between the Gulf of Gaeta and the Bay of Naples. Known as the Emerald Isle, it is a health resort and a tourist center, celebrated for its warm mineral springs and for its scenery. Fishing and ... Read more
Julia
Julia feminine name in the Julian gens. 1 Died 54 BC, daughter of Julius Caesar and wife of Pompey . By her grace and tact she maintained the bond between her father and her husband. After her death the two statesmen became open enemies. 2 39 BC-AD 14, daughter of Augustus and wife, in turn,... Read more

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Tyrrhenian Sea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tyrrhenian Sea , Ital. Tirreno, part of the Mediterranean Sea, c.475 mi (760 km) long and from 60 to 300 mi (97-483 km) wide...
Italy
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...the Adriatic, Ionian, Ligurian, and Tyrrhenian Seas. There is almost no spot in Italy...Strait of Messina connects the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas, separating Sicily from the Calabria...1814 and 1815. Other islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea include the Ponza group and the...
Lucania
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...on the north by Samnium and Campania, on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and on the south by Bruttium. Italic tribes and Greek...Metapontum on the Gulf of Tarentum and Paestum and Buxentum on the Tyrrhenian coast. The non-Greek Lucanians were Samnites. The western...
Rome
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...Located inland about 27 kilometers (17 miles) from the Tyrrhenian Sea, Rome is the capital city of Italy. Within Rome's...and the Adriatic Sea, to the south by the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian, and Ligurian seas, and to the west by France. It covers...
Campania
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Campania Region of sw Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea, including the provinces of Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Napoli and Salerno. The capital is Naples . It is a mountainous...
Elba
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Elba Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea; largest of the Tuscan Archipelago; the chief port and town is Portoferraio. The island is mountainous, and a major supplier...
Pleistocene
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...part with two stages, the Calabrian and the Emilian, followed by the upper part with the stages Sicilian, Milazzian, and Tyrrhenian (uppermost). The lower Pleistocene is also known as the Villafranchian in Italy, where it occurs as continental formations...
Volcano
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features ...of the Roman god of fire and a small island that is part of a group of volcanic islands located just north of Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Ancient Romans believed that Vulcan, the mythological god who made tools and weapons for other Roman gods, operated...
Tuscans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Tuscans ETHNONYMS: none Tuscans are the people of the central Italian region of Tuscany, located on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Tuscany, covering some 22,991 square kilometers, contains the provinces of Massa-Carrara, Lucca, Pistoia, Firenze...
Milazzo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Milazzo , town (1991 pop. 31,541), NE Sicily, Italy, on a peninsula in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the ancient Mylae . The town is a wine-trade and tuna-fishing center and is the gateway to the nearby Lipari Islands...

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Tyrrhenian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Tyrrhenian See QUATERNARY .
Quaternary
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...recognize the Calabrian , Emilian , Sicilian , Milazzian , Tyrrhenian , and Holocene Stages , whereas Ruggieri (INQUA...recognizes the Santernian , Emilian, Sicilian, Crotonian , Tyrrhenian, and Versilian Stages. Note that the Emilian of the...
Campania
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Campania territory in ancient Italy south of Latium, lying between the Apennines and the Tyrrhenian Sea, and extending south to the Surrentine promontory (Sorrento). A volcanic plain, it is exceptionally fertile, and many wealthy Romans had villas there.
Italy
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...itself. To their west are the hills and plains of Tuscany; further south the Tiber flows across the Pontine Marshes to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Further south still the coastal plain is enriched by the debris of Vesuvius and the climate becomes warmer. To the...
Francis of Paola, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...seafarers. As a boy, he spent a year with the Franciscans . In 1431 he began to live as a hermit, first in a cave near the Tyrrhenian Sea and then in a nearby forest. He was joined by others c. 1435 and became the spiritual guide of a group of hermits...
Deperet, Charles
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...expounded by Eduard Suess and L. de Lamothe. In order to satisfy this theory he conceived of supposed geologic stages called Tyrrhenian and Milazzian and brought about acceptance in France of the notion of alluvial Quaternary terraces of relatively constant...
Issel, Arturo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Galite (Jez ī ret J ā lita); he established a geological stage of the Pleistocene marine series, the Tyrrhenian, which followed the Calabrian and the Sicilian; he devoted particular attention to the valleys which, in Liguria, continue...

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Extensional detachment faulting on the Tyrrhenian margin of the southern Apennines contractional belt (Italy)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...regional detachment fault along the Tyrrhenian margin of Campania explains the complex...geodynamic framework of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Low-angle faults, or detachment...formation of core complexes. Along the Tyrrhenian margin of the Italian Apennines lowangle...
Pliocene crustal shortening on the Tyrrhenian side of the northern Apennines: evidence from the Gavorrano antiform (southern Tuscany, Italy)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; Abstract: The northern Tyrrhenian Sea and the inner northern Apennines...Apennines. Lying close to the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, it provides clear evidence...strongly decreased in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, whereas they continued as...
Pattern of orogenic rotations in central-eastern Sicily: Implications for the timing of spreading in the Tyrrhenian Sea
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...arc spreading of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Consequently, our palaeomagnetic data suggest that the southern Tyrrhenian back-arc basin started to spread...drilling data. Keywords: Sicily, Tyrrhenian Sea, Maghrebides, palaeomagnetism...
DO YOU WANT1 Shhh. Keep it to yourself, but there's this great island in the Tyrrhenian. The Romans love it, but few others know about it. Except Aoife O'Riordain
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 7/23/2006; 700+ words ; ...miles wide, it is the largest of the six islands in the Pontine Archipelago, a string of volcanic crags sprinkled across the Tyrrhenian Sea, 23 miles off the coast of Lazio. These are split into two distinct groups' Ponza, Gavi, Palmarola and Zan-none...
Travel: Roman outpost in the Tyrrhenian Sea Once, slaves tunnelled through its rocks and maintained its stylish villas. Paul Mansfield prefers to take it easy on Italy's little- known Pontine Islands
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/30/1999; ; 700+ words ; OUTSIDE my hotel room on Ventotene workmen were shouting above the racket of a cement mixer. As it was seven in the morning, I opened the window to have a few words with them - and then discovered what they were up to. On the road next to the hotel was a shrine to the Madonna. The road needed
Evidence for the influence of Atlantic-Ionian Stream fluctuations on the tidally induced internal dynamics in the Strait of Messina
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...investigation the surface water of the Tyrrhenian Sea north of the strait sill was...spread as a surface jet into the Tyrrhenian Sea, whereas during southward tidal flow heavier surface water of the Tyrrhenian Sea spread, after having sunk...
Modeling the oceanic circulation in the area of the Strait of Sicily: The remotely forced dynamics
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...central Mediterranean region including the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian Seas. Three layers have...two branches, one directed toward the Tyrrhenian Sea and the other entering the strait...strait, bends eastward and enters the Tyrrhenian Sea. Sensitivity experiments carried...
Leg 107: seafloor spreading, sinking.
Magazine article from: Science News; 3/22/1986; ; 700+ words ; The Tyrrhenian Sea is that small ocean basin in the...plate boundary at that point) of the Tyrrhenian provided an opportunity to study a structure...Observatory in PalisadeS, N.Y. The Tyrrhenian margin, she says, "was younger and...
Reports outline planetary science study findings from N.P. Agostinetti and colleagues.
Newspaper article from: Journal of Mathematics; 7/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...Moho depth, namely, (1) the peri-Tyrrhenian areas bordering the homonymous sea have...subduction, overlayed by the shallow Tyrrhenian Moho; (4) Calabria shows a flat...suddenly dipping at high angle from the Tyrrhenian coast westward, defining the Ionian...
Alpine tectonothermal evolution of the Tuscan Metamorphic Complex in the Larderello geothermal field (northern Apennines, Italy)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Abstract: On the internal (Tyrrhenian) side of the northern Apennines...Oligocene time in the internal zone (Tyrrhenian side) and migrated eastward...of the opening of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea. Crustal extension and coeval...