Phlegraean Islands

Procida, with Ischia in the background, seen from Cape Miseno.

The Phlegraean Islands (Italian: Isole Flegree [ˈiːzole fleˈɡrɛːe]; Neapolitan: Isule Flegree) are an archipelago in the Gulf of Naples and the Campania region of southern Italy.[1]

The name is derived from the common affiliation to the geologic area of the Phlegraean Fields.

  1. ^ Fiego, Giuseppe Consoli (1927). Cumae and the Phlegraean Fields. American and British Traveller's Club.

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