Posted by Chris Caravella on 13 AUG 2008 10:6:28
Type this URL in your browser's address bar to retrieve a map of Ustica overlain
on a map of New Orleans. Scale 1" = 1200ft.
www.ustica.org/data/ustica_vs_no.jpg
It gives a good sense of how tiny Ustica really is. The city of Ustica
is less than half the size of the French Quarter (Vieux Carre). The entire
island is just under two miles along the west-east axis. Ustica has a resident
population of ~1300 which swells to ~6000 during the high holiday season in
August. Ustica lies along the same latitude as St Louis, MO or Sacramento,
CA but has a much more temperate climate due to the seas and the winds coming
from Africa.
FYI, www.mapquest.it has a robust selection of mapping
resources for Italy, though still not as much as the US version. It's a must
for pre-planning a trip anywhere in Italy.