The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the the Mediterranean. It forms a triangle limited to the west by the Corsica and the Sardinia, to the east by the Italian peninsula , and to the south by the Sicily. The coasts, very cut out are often bordered of islands. One finds there many seaside resorts. For the Romain S, it is the Tyrrhenum pond , i.e. “the Etruscan sea ” or sea of the Tyrrhéniens ( Turrēnikon pelagos for the Greek S).

The Tyrrhenian Sea opens with the Pliocène under the effect of the anti-clockwise rotation of the microphone-plate apulienne (of the the Apennines to the sea Adriatique). The oceanisation is there weak (not médio-oceanic wrinkle), but associated volcanicity is rather active with the Pliocène (left Northern) and with the Quaternaire (left Southern).

Average depth: 2000 mètres
Maximum depth: 3731 mètres

Except Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, the principal islands of the Tyrrhenian Sea are, north in the south:

• isle of Elba where Napoleon at the time of his exile remained.
• islands Pontines (Ponza, Palmarola, etc)
• Ischia
• Capri
• Wind islands (Lipari, Stromboli, etc)
• islands Égades

See too

Be-X-old: Тырэнскаемора