Basiluzzo
Island
Basiluzzo
Basiluzzo Location in Italy
Coordinates: 38°39′48″N 15°06′50″E / 38.66333°N 15.11389°E / 38.66333; 15.11389
Country	Italy
Province	Messina
Comune	Lipari
Area
• Total	1 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Population
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)

Basiluzzo (Italian pronunciation: [baziˈluttso]) is an islet (1 km² (0.39 sq mi)), and the smallest of eight islands in the Aeolian Islands, a volcanic island chain north of Sicily. In antiquity, the island was named "Hicesia".^[1]

Media

It is featured in the Italian film L'avventura, where the characters are on a motor boat looking for somewhere to swim.^[2] They sail up to Basiluzzo but decide to travel to Lisca Bianca, another of the Aeolian Islands nearest to Basiluzzo.

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