After Malta itself and Gozo, what is the third largest island in the country of Malta?
Malta (island) in an archipelago in the central Mediterranean, some south of the Italian island of Sicily across the Malta Channel. Malta is located east of its sister islands of Gozo and Comino. It lies on the Malta plateau, a shallow shelf formed from the high points of a land bridge between Sicily and North Africa that became isolated as sea levels rose after the last Ice Age. Malta is therefore situated in the zone between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. Numerous bays along the indented coastline of the islands provide good harbours. The landscape consists of low hills with terraced
Transport in Malta Mtarfa / Mdina and a number of towns and villages. Malta has three large natural harbours on its main island. There are also two man-made harbours that connect the islands of Malta and Gozo. A frequent daily passenger and car ferry service runs between the islands of Malta and Gozo between Ċirkewwa Harbour and Mġarr Harbour. There is also a ferry terminal at the Grand Harbour that connects Malta to Pozzallo and Catania in Sicily. Malta is one of the ten largest ship registers in the world (6th in 2016) and the largest in the EU, with 66.2 million gt