Pantellaria, a volcanic island in the Mediterranean, 36 miles in circumference, and lying 60 miles S.W. of the Sicilian coast. In the chief town (Pantellaria, pop. 3600) is a great convict prison.
Pantellaria
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 735
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