Editing Filfla (section)

{{Short description|Uninhabited island in Malta}}
{{About|island in Malta|the commune in Algeria|Filfla, Algeria}}

{{Infobox islands
| name             = Filfla
| image_name       = Filfla 1.jpg
| image_caption    = Filfla and neighboring Filfoletta seen from [[Dingli Cliffs]] (from northwest)
| image_size       = 
| map_image        = Filfla map.jpg
| map_caption      = Map of Filfla
| native_name      =Filfa 
| native_name_link = 
| nickname         = 
| location         = South of [[Malta (island)|Malta]], [[Mediterranean Sea]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|35|47|15|N|14|24|37|E|region:MT_type:isle|display=it}}
| archipelago      = [[Malta#Islands|Maltese islands]]
| total_islands    =2 
| major_islands    = 
| area_km2         = 0.06
| coastline_m      = 
| highest_mount    = 
| elevation_m      = 60
| country          = Malta
| population       = 0
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| additional_info  =
| pushpin_map            =Malta
| pushpin_map_caption    =Location within Malta
}}

'''Filfla''' is a mostly barren, uninhabited [[islet]] {{convert|4.5|km|mi|abbr=off}} south of [[Malta (island)|Malta]], and is the most southerly point of the [[Maltese Islands|Maltese Archipelago]]. Filflu (or Filfluu), a rocky islet some {{convert|101|m|0|abbr=off}} southwest of Filfla,<ref name="S&S">[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arnold_Sciberras2/publication/260294462_SCIBERRAS_J.__SCIBERRAS_A_%282010%29_Topography_and_Flora_of_the_Satellite_islets_surrounding_the_Maltese_Archipelago._The_Central_Mediterranean_Naturalist_5%282%2931-42._Nature_Trust_Malta_publications/links/00b49530ad3f6c4e5f000000.pdf "Topography and Flora of the Satellite islets surrounding the Maltese Archipelago"] - Arnold Sciberras, Jeffrey Sciberras, 2010</ref> has the southernmost point of Malta. The name is believed to come from  ''felfel'', the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] for a [[black pepper|peppercorn]].<ref name="morana">{{cite book|last1=Morana|first1=Martin|title=Bejn Kliem u Storja|date=2011|publisher=Books Distributors Limited|location=[[Malta]]|isbn=978-99957-0137-6|url=https://sites.google.com/site/kliemustorja/home/titlu/introduzzjoni/dwar-l-awtur/a/b/c/c/d/e/f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020104814/https://sites.google.com/site/kliemustorja/home/titlu/introduzzjoni/dwar-l-awtur/a/b/c/c/d/e/f|archive-date=20 October 2016|language=mt}}</ref> Prior to the 17th century, nautical maps of Malta typically referred to the island as simply 'Pepper' island.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ganado |first1=Albert |title=The Pre-Siege Maps of Malta |date=2016 |publisher=BDL Books |location=Malta |isbn=978-99957-46-88-9}}</ref>