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The archipelago of Sanguinaires is composed of the Isolottu d'I Porri, Isolottu di Oga and Mezzu Mare.

- Rock islands
Of magmatic origin, the archipelago consists of two distinct rocks resulting from no miscible magmas. The dark rock is a diorite with sometimes enclaves with fine grains. The clear rock is granite monzonitic.

- Colonies of marine birds.
In the absence of predatory terrestrial, the islands are the last refuge where the marine birds can propagate themselves in all peace. They are the refuge of the seagull "leucophée". More rarely one observes there the ashy puffin, the black-headed gull or the seagull of Audouin. They shelter one of the most beautiful colonies of recognizable crested cormorant to its black plumage.

- An original flora
It is rare to find such diversity on such a small surface: more than one hundred fifty different species push on Mezzu Mare. The islands lodge some plant rare or even absent from remainder of Corsica, among whom spectacular the arum eats fly. The arborescent vegetation dominated by the lentisk is low and adapted to the proximity of the sea. Among the many halophytic species, most widespread is the wild leek which gave its name to the small island of < I>i Porri.

This information is written on the panoramic table at the end of the peninsula of La Parata.

Image carried out with PANAVUE by the assembly of 2 superimposed photographs. Taken of sight at 18:35, that is to say one hour before the disappearance of the sun on the horizon.

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