- FORMENTERA -

Formentera is the fourth island of the Balearic archipelago in area, 82 km², and, together with the neighbouring island of Ibiza, makes up the Pitiusa Islands. It is located between latitude 38º 40' and 38º 49' north and between longitude lº l7' and lº 28' east . It is separated from the island of Ibiza by a narrow channel of 3.6 km.

The distance between the ports of Ibiza and Formentera is 11 nautical miles. The shape of Formentera stretches out from east to west with an extension on the west side, the Cap de Barbaria, that extends southward and with the points of Sa Pedrera and Borronar that extend northward.