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St Paul's Island (Maltese: Il-Gżejjer ta' San Pawl), also known as Selmunett, is a small island off Selmun near the north-east of the main island of Malta. St Paul's Island is sometimes split into two islands and it is sometimes called to in the plural as St Paul's Islands.
Native name: Selmunett Gżira/Gżejjer ta' San Pawl | |
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Geography | |
Location | off Malta, south of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea |
Coordinates | 35°57′55″N 14°24′2″E |
Archipelago | Maltese islands |
Area | 0.101[1] km2 (0.039 sq mi) |
Coastline | 0.9 km (0.56 mi) |
Administration | |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
St Paul's Island has been uninhabited since World War II, and it is the second largest uninhabited island of Malta, having an area of 0.1 square kilometres (0.04 square miles).
There are many shipwrecks on the island.[2][3]
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