They are administered from the town of Bonifacio (French department of Corse-du-Sud) on Corsica.

The other islands or islets are, from west to east: Piana, Ratino, Porraggia and Sperduto (or Perduto).

[1] The archipelago was the site of the shipwreck of the French frigate Sémillante on February 15, 1855.

[2] These islands were the locale for Brigitte Bardot's 1952 film Manina, la fille sans voiles.

Between 255 and 400 pairs of Scopoli's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) breed each year on Lavezzu.