Geology of Malta The largest of the second set are the Victoria Lines Fault on northern Malta and the Qala Fault on southern Gozo. Overall, the islands of the archipelago are tilted towards the northeast, with cliffs on the southwest coast and descending gradients towards the northeast. The Maltese archipalego is linked to Sicily by an underwater plateau of depths of less than 100 m. During different marine regressions of the Mediterranean, Malta has been connected to Sicily by a surface isthmus by which animals have been able to cross, as evinced by the presence of island dwarfism (Maltese dwarf hippopotamus and dwarf
Archipelago of San Bernardo Island. Since 1996, part of the archipelago belongs to the Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park. Lodging facilities are present on some of the islands, primarily Múcura Island and Palma Island. Waters around the islands have fish and turtles, and the islands have significant tropical flora. Archipelago of San Bernardo The Archipelago of San Bernardo () is a set of nine coastal coral islands and one artificial island (ten in total) belonging to and governed by Colombia, located in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean Sea, with an approximate area of 213 km². Administratively, the archipelago belongs