Ibiza, Catalan EivissaIbiza city and port, Spain.Josef
MuenchDwellings along the coastline of Ibiza, Spain.©
Goodshoot/JupiterimagesIbiza, one of the Balearic Islands, in
the western Mediterranean Sea off the east coast of Spain.©
Goodshoot/Jupiterimagesisland, Balearic Islands provincia
(province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain.
Ibiza is the third largest of the Balearic Islands. It lies in
the western Mediterranean 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Majorca.
The island was a strategic point of great importance in ancient
times and was inhabited by the Phoenicians and Carthaginians. It
has some notable archaeological sites, relics from which are
housed in the Archaeological Museum at Ibiza city, also called
La Vila. The island’s hilly relief, culminating in La Atalaya
(1,558 feet [475 metres]), is truncated in the central northern
coast to form a costa brava (rugged coast) with cliffs exceeding
800 feet (240 metres) and penetrated by calas (small coves).
There are several irrigated lowlands,