The Pitiusic Islands, often referenced simply as the Pityuses, or commonly but informally (and ambiguously) as the Pine Islands (officially in Catalan: Illes Pitiüses, ; Spanish: Islas Pitiusas; from the Greek πιτύα pitýa, pine tree) is the name given collectively to the Balearic Islands of Ibiza (Catalan: Eivissa), Formentera, S'Espalmador and other small islets in the Mediterranean Sea.
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