Lampione (Italian pronunciation: [lamˈpjoːne];[1] Sicilian: Lampiuni [lamˈbjuːnɪ]; Arabic: جزيرة الكتاب, Jazīrat al-Kitāb) is a small rocky island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs geographically to the Pelagie Islands and administratively to the comune of Lampedusa e Linosa, Province of Agrigento, region of Sicily, Italy.
According to the legend, the island was a rock that had fallen from the hands of the cyclops Polyphemus.
[2] Lampione is part of the Riserva Marina Isole Pelagie, and its vegetation and wildlife are strictly protected.
Animal species include the endemic Podarcis filfolensis ssp.
laurentimulleri (also found on Linosa), which is a subspecies of Maltese wall lizard, numerous migrating birds, and the Armadillidium hirtum pelagicum, a land crustacean.