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Capri Island, Naples, Campania, Italyi
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Capri IslandIsland
NaplesMetropolitan City
CampaniaRegion
Italy- not defined -

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Locality type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Capri6,770 (2015)
Anacapri6,403 (2014)
Other Languages:
French:
Île de Capri, Ville métropolitaine de Naples (Province de Naples), Campanie, Italie
German:
Insel Capri, Metropolitanstadt Neapel (Provinz Neapel), Kampanien, Italien
Italian:
Isola di Capri, Città metropolitana di Napoli (Provincia di Napoli), Campania, Italia
Russian:
Остров Капри, Метрополийный город Неаполь (Провинция Неаполь), Кампания, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
卡普里岛, 那不勒斯廣域市, 坎帕尼亚大区, 意大利
Spanish:
Isla de Capri, Ciudad metropolitana de Nápoles (Provincia de Nápoles), Campania, Italia
Afrikaans:
Capri, Kampanië, Italië
Arabic:
كابري, كامبانيا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Կապրի, Նեապոլ, Կամպանիա, Իտալիա
Azeri:
Kapri, Kampaniya, İtaliya
Bashkir:
Капри, Италия
Basque:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Belarusian:
Капры , Кампанія, Італія
Breton:
Enez Capri, Campania, Italia
Bulgarian:
Капри, Кампания, Италия
Catalan:
Capri, Ciutat metropolitana de Nàpols, Campània, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Capri, Campania, Italya
Corsican:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Croatian:
Capri, Kampanija, Italija
Czech:
Capri, Metropolitní město Neapol, Kampánie, Itálie
Danish:
Capri, Campania, Italien
Dutch:
Capri, Napels, Campania, Italië
Egyptian Arabic:
كابرى, ايطاليا
Esperanto:
Kapreo, Kampanio, Italio
Estonian:
Capri, Napoli suurlinnapiirkond, Campania, Itaalia
Farsi/Persian:
کاپری, کامپانیا, ایتالیا
Finnish:
Capri, Napolin metropolikaupunki, Campania, Italia
Galician:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Georgian:
კაპრი, კამპანია, იტალია
Greek:
Κάπρι, Καμπανία, Ιταλία
Hebrew:
קאפרי, קמפניה, איטליה
Hindi:
कैप्री द्वीप, कांपानिया, इटली
Hungarian:
Capri, Campania, Olaszország
Indonesian:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Interlingua:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Japanese:
カプリ島, カンパニア州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Капри, Кампания, Италия
Korean:
카프리섬, 나폴리 광역시, 캄파니아주, 이탈리아
Latin:
Capreae, Urbs metropolitana Neapolitana (Urbs metropolitana Neapolis; Provincia Neapolitana; Provincia Neapolis)), Campania, Italia
Lithuanian:
Kapris, Kampanija, Italija
Lombard:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Luxembourgish:
Capri, Kampanien, Italien
Macedonian:
Капри, Кампанија, Италија
Neapolitan:
Isula 'e Capri, Cità metropolitana 'e Nàpule (Pruvincia 'e Nàpule), Campania, Italia
Norwegian:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Capri, Campania, Italia
Ossetian:
Капри, Кампани, Итали
Polish:
Capri, Kampania, Włochy
Portuguese:
Capri, Campânia, Itália
Romanian:
Insula Capri, Campania, Italia
Scots:
Capri, Metropolitan Ceety o Naples, Campanie, Italy
Serbian:
Капри, Кампанија, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Capri, Campania, Italija
Sicilian:
Capri, Campania, Italia
Slovak:
Capri, Kampánia, Taliansko
Swedish:
Capri, Kampanien, Italien
Tagalog:
Capri, Campania, Italya
Thai:
กาปรี, แคว้นคัมปาเนีย, อิตาลี
Traditional Chinese:
卡普里島, 甘帕尼亞, 意大利
Turkish:
Capri, Campania, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Капрі, Неаполь, Кампанія, Італія
Upper Sorbian:
Capri, Italska
Urdu:
کیپری, کمپانیہ, اطالیہ
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Kapri, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Capri, Thành phố đô thị Napoli, Campania, Ý
Waray:
Capri, Campania, Italya
Welsh:
Capri, Campania, Yr Eidal
Wu Chinese:
卡普里岛, 坎帕尼亚大区, 意大利


Capri Island basically consists of a Jurassic-Middle Miocene succession. It includes dolostones at the base passing upwards to calcarenites, conglomerates, cherty limestones, and Scaglia-type marly turbidites. The succession ends with Burdigalian–Serravallian foredeep calcarenites and sandstones. Its morphology is very similar to that of the Sorrento Peninsula, Capri being a south-westward extension of this structure to which, at Quaternary lower sea-levels, it was attached. The island has a typical relief with two peaks at its NE and SW ends, sculptured in Mesozoic carbonate rocks, and a central depression, partly covered by gravel tongues.

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2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: De Gasparis, A., and Bellini, R. (1897) Alcuni schiarimenti su di una speciale produzione dell'isola di Capri. Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 17, 7-8; Bellini, R. (1921) Sopra una speciale sostanza dell'Isola di Capri analoga alla Pelagosite. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 40, 224-228; D'Argenio, B., Barattolo, F., Budillon, F., Cesarano, M., Donadio, C., Pappone, G., Pugliese, A., and Putignano, M.L., with contribution of Aucelli, P.P.C., Russo Ermolli, E., Bellonia, A., Conforti, A., Insigna, B., Sgrosso, A., and Terlizzi, F. (2011) Note illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:25.000, Foglio 484 sez. I NE Isola di Capri. ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d'Italia - Regione Campania, Difesa del Suolo, SystemCart S.r.l., Roma, 116 pp.
Aragonite var. Pelagosite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: De Gasparis, A., and Bellini, R. (1897) Alcuni schiarimenti su di una speciale produzione dell'isola di Capri. Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 17, 7-8; Bellini, R. (1921) Sopra una speciale sostanza dell'Isola di Capri analoga alla Pelagosite. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 40, 224-228; D'Argenio, B., Barattolo, F., Budillon, F., Cesarano, M., Donadio, C., Pappone, G., Pugliese, A., and Putignano, M.L., with contribution of Aucelli, P.P.C., Russo Ermolli, E., Bellonia, A., Conforti, A., Insigna, B., Sgrosso, A., and Terlizzi, F. (2011) Note illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:25.000, Foglio 484 sez. I NE Isola di Capri. ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d'Italia - Regione Campania, Difesa del Suolo, SystemCart S.r.l., Roma, 116 pp.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Jervis, G. (1874) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 2: Regione dell’Appennino e vulcani attivi e spenti dipendentivi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XVIII+624 pp.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
var. Pelagosite5.AB.15CaCO3
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C Aragonite var. PelagositeCaCO3
C AragoniteCaCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O Aragonite var. PelagositeCaCO3
O AragoniteCaCO3
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Aragonite var. PelagositeCaCO3
Ca AragoniteCaCO3

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences21
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.78 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Hippopotamus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Hippopotamus0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Cervidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Cervus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Cervus0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Dama
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Dama0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Elephantidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Stephanorhinus : Stephanorhinus hemitoechus0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Ursus spelaeus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Ursus : Ursus spelaeus0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Emys orbicularis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : Emys : Emys orbicularis0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Chersine hermanni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Chersine : Chersine hermanni0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Panthera tigris
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Panthera : Panthera tigris0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Panthera pardus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Panthera : Panthera pardus0.781 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Sus scrofa
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Sus : Sus scrofa0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Oryctolagus cuniculus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Oryctolagus : Oryctolagus cuniculus0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Palaeoloxodon antiquus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Elephas : Palaeoloxodon antiquus0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Crocuta crocuta
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Hyaenidae : Crocuta : Crocuta crocuta0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus : Equus (Sussemionus) suessenbornensis0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Canis mosbachensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis mosbachensis0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Mammuthus chosaricus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus : Mammuthus chosaricus0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Bos primigenius
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bos primigenius0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
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References

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Jervis, G. (1874) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia. Vol. 2: Regione dell’Appennino e vulcani attivi e spenti dipendentivi. Ermanno Loescher, Torino, XVIII+624 pp.
De Gasparis, A., and Bellini, R. (1897) Alcuni schiarimenti su di una speciale produzione dell'isola di Capri. Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 17, 7-8.
Parona, C.F. (1904) Sulla presenza dei calcari a Toucasia carinata nell'isola di Capri. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, serie 5, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali: 13 (1° semestre): 65-67.
Bellini, R. (1921) Sopra una speciale sostanza dell'Isola di Capri analoga alla Pelagosite. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 40, 224-228.
D'Argenio, B., Barattolo, F., Budillon, F., Cesarano, M., Donadio, C., Pappone, G., Pugliese, A., and Putignano, M.L., with contribution of Aucelli, P.P.C., Russo Ermolli, E., Bellonia, A., Conforti, A., Insigna, B., Sgrosso, A., and Terlizzi, F. (2011) Note illustrative della Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:25.000, Foglio 484 sez. I NE Isola di Capri. ISPRA, Servizio Geologico d'Italia - Regione Campania, Difesa del Suolo, SystemCart S.r.l., Roma, 116 pp.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri
Wikidata ID:Q173292
GeoNames ID:3180629

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