Aegadian Islands
![A map showing the Aegadian Islands](/Images/godic/202412/20/Aegadian_Islands_map5938.png")
![Cala Rossa, Favignana](/Images/godic/202412/20/Mare_Favignana5938.JPG")
![Cala azzurra, Favignana](/Images/godic/202412/20/Favignana_cala_azzurra5938.jpg")
![A view from Erice to Favignana and Levanzo. On the horizon Marettimo is faintly visible.](/Images/godic/202412/20/Erice-views-bjs-25938.jpg")
The Aegadian Islands (Italian:Isole Egadi; Sicilian: Ìsuli Ègadi, Latin:Aegates Insulae, Greek:Aegatae Nisoi, Αιγάται Νήσοι, meaning the islands of goats) are a group of five small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest coast of Sicily, Italy, near the cities of Trapani and Marsala, with a total area of 37.45 square kilometres (14.46 sq mi).